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27th September 1908: First Model T Ford automobile rolls out of the Piquette Avenue factory in Detroit

  • 27th September 2022
  • Tagged as: America, Automobile, Car, Detroit, Engineering, Factory, Ford, Mechanical, Model T, Science, Technology, United States

The Model T was enormously successful, and at one point half of all automobiles on the road were not just Ford cars but Model Ts.

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22nd May 1849: Abraham Lincoln becomes the first and only President to be awarded a patent

  • 22nd May 2022
  • Tagged as: Abraham Lincoln, Boat, Engineering, Invention, Mechanical, Patent, River, Smithsonian, United States, USA

Abraham Lincoln was issued a patent for his invention to lift boats over shoals and other obstructions in a river.

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3rd January 1870: Construction begins on the Brooklyn Bridge

  • 3rd January 2022
  • Tagged as: America, Bridge, Engineering, New York, Science, Technology

Although numerous suspension bridges had been built prior to the Brooklyn Bridge, nothing came close to the almost 1,600 foot span across the East River from Brooklyn to Manhattan.

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9th October 1410: The Prague Astronomical Clock first noted in a medieval document

  • 9th October 2021
  • Tagged as: Astronomy, Engineering, Medieval, Prague, Science, Technology, Time

Known as the Orloj, the astronomical clock was designed and built by the Imperial clockmaker Mikuláš of Kadaň and Charles University professor Jan Šindel.

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20th July 1807: The world’s first internal combustion engine is patented in France

  • 20th July 2021
  • Tagged as: Engineering, France, Napoleon, Science, Technology
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.historypod.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/07-20-Napoleon-grants-a-patent-for-the-worlds-first-internl-combustion-engine.mp3

Napoleon granted a patent for the Pyréolophore to Nicéphore Niépce and his brother Claude.

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12th September 1958: The world’s first integrated circuit demonstrated by Jack Kilby

  • 12th September 2020
  • Tagged as: America, Computing, Electronics, Engineering, Science, Technology, Texas, United States
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.historypod.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/09-12-The-worlds-first-integrated-circuit.mp3

American electrical engineer Jack Kilby demonstrated the world’s first integrated circuit while working at Texas Instruments.

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18th May 1830: The world’s first lawnmower licensed for manufacture by Edwin Budding

  • 18th May 2020
  • Tagged as: Engineering, England, Garden, Gloucestershire, Invention, Mechanical, Technology
https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.historypod.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/05-18-The-first-lawnmower.mp3

British inventor Edwin Budding went into partnership with foundry owner John Ferrabee to manufacture the world’s first lawn mower.

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27th December 537: Hagia Sophia basilica inaugurated

  • 27th December 2019
  • Tagged as: Architecture, Christianity, Engineering, Islam, Religion, Turkey

On the 27th December 537, Hagia Sophia was inaugurated by Byzantine Emperor Justinian I and Patriarch Menas of Constantinople.

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