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What is this job like? A global positioning system that can pinpoint a car's location. Giant generators that can power entire cities. A new design for an airplane's electrical system. Electrical…
Queen Elizabeth Celebrates Golden Jubilee 50 years on the throne remembered by David Johnson Only four other monarchs have ruled Great Britain as long as Queen Elizabeth II…
Underground RailroadsA short history of subterranean transport in America
by Dan Shafto The interior of a women's car on the early New York subway. Modern systems not only integrate the…
NEWBERRY, John Stoughton, (father of Truman Handy Newberry), a Representative from Michigan; born in Waterville, Oneida County, N.Y., November 18, 1826; moved with his parents to Michigan when…
(Encyclopedia) Neutra, Richard JosephNeutra, Richard Josephnoiˈtrə, n&oomacr;ˈtrə [key], 1892–1970, American architect, born and educated in Vienna. Although Neutra worked for a time with Eric…
(Encyclopedia) Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872–1949, American editor and author, b. Wiesbaden, Germany, grad. Harvard (B.A., 1893; M.A., 1896). The son of Henry Villard and the grandson, on his mother…
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