
Modern Marvels
In America's orchards and farm fields.

In America's orchards and farm fields.

Cutting, digging, picking, stripping, shaking, and raking.

Dredgers, mechanical beasts, clear ports and trace back to ancient Egypt.

Take a look at the innovations.

From the prairies of Saskatchewan to a Manhattan skyscraper.

One of the 20th century's greatest scientists.

Let's head to the fields as we take a fascinating journey from farm to table!

They are lethal tools that ensured our survival.

In America's orchards and farm fields.

Cutting, digging, picking, stripping, shaking, and raking.

Dredgers, mechanical beasts, clear ports and trace back to ancient Egypt.

Carbon is the chemical basis of all known life.

A versatile yet toxic metal, lead has served mankind for 6,000 years.

It transports electricity, water, and heat. Our bodies can't survive without it.

The Chrome Shop Mafia adds some truckers' "bling" to a big rig.

This useful metal was once considered more valuable than gold.

Iron weapons have revolutionized warfare.

From the Stone Age to the Space Age, our world has been built from rocks.

You know the old saying "dull as dirt"...wrong!

A versatile yet toxic metal, lead has served mankind for 6,000 years.