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It was meant to be a temporary exhibit, a demonstration of French engineering acumen at the Paris World's Fair but to Parisians, the tower, designed by the brash, young Gustave Eiffel, came to stand for much more.
From vending to video games, payphones to parking meters, explore the inner workings of the coin-operated world.
At 5:30 a.m., July 16, 1945, scientists and dignitaries awaited the detonation of the first atomic bomb in a desolate area of the New Mexico desert aptly known as Jornada del Muerto--Journey of Death.
The Pentagon, completed in 1943, serves as the five-sided nerve center for the nation's armed services and stands as the largest office building in the world, conjuring an imposing image of American military power.
Ink, invented by Chinese around 3000BC, spread religious and war messages while setting people free and spelling out rights from squid to soybeans, ancient texts to tattoos, ink tells stories, sells products, and solves crimes everywhere.
Paint spans Impressionist canvases to Space Shuttles, customized hotrods to Golden Gate Bridge this ubiquitous product protects ships from corrosion, Stealth Bombers from radar detection, and surfaces from wear while adding color to life.
When a burning gusher shoots flames into the air, only a handful of men know how to snuff out the monster fighting fire with fire, they place explosives around the flames to blow it out, or douse it with tons of water.
The past, present and future of insulation technology.
During the depths of the Depression, it was FDR's greatest triumph: a massive public works project that took a 40,000 square mile, disaster-prone river basin, and turned it into a model of industrial progress.
From vending to video games, payphones to parking meters, explore the inner workings of the coin-operated world.
At 5:30 a.m., July 16, 1945, scientists and dignitaries awaited the detonation of the first atomic bomb in a desolate area of the New Mexico desert aptly known as Jornada del Muerto--Journey of Death.
The Pentagon, completed in 1943, serves as the five-sided nerve center for the nation's armed services and stands as the largest office building in the world, conjuring an imposing image of American military power.
Ink, invented by Chinese around 3000BC, spread religious and war messages while setting people free and spelling out rights from squid to soybeans, ancient texts to tattoos, ink tells stories, sells products, and solves crimes everywhere.
Paint spans Impressionist canvases to Space Shuttles, customized hotrods to Golden Gate Bridge this ubiquitous product protects ships from corrosion, Stealth Bombers from radar detection, and surfaces from wear while adding color to life.
When a burning gusher shoots flames into the air, only a handful of men know how to snuff out the monster fighting fire with fire, they place explosives around the flames to blow it out, or douse it with tons of water.
The past, present and future of insulation technology.
During the depths of the Depression, it was FDR's greatest triumph: a massive public works project that took a 40,000 square mile, disaster-prone river basin, and turned it into a model of industrial progress.
Come take a trip across the incredible Mackinac Bridge, and discover why it's one of the world's most amazing construction projects.
They block the force of a river, produce enough electricity to power cities, move water over hundreds of miles and irrigate fertile valleys.
Renewable energy technologies fight petroleum dependence and global warming by transforming air, water, earth, and fire into clean sources explore solar, wind, geothermal, biofuels, and tidal power from experimental to massive scale solutions.
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