Roberts Ranch : Livermore, Colorado
"16,500-acre ranch filled with American heritage, geological wonders, and a giant pile of tires is the crown jewel of an intriguing tug-of-war"
via atlasobscura.com
The Calculating Machines of Johann Helfrich Müller
The German engineer and master builder—Johann Helfrich Müller (1746-1830) (see biography of Johann Müller) is a very interesting figure in the world of mechanic calculators, not only for his small calculator, an improved version of the machine of Philipp Hahn, which he created, but for his plans to build a difference engine almost 40 years before Charles Babbage.
Johann Müller was a creative mind and started to make inventions from the beginning of 1770s. First he created a theatre, equipped with optical and mechanical effects for the children of the Prince, later on he designed a large and powerful burning mirror, as well as other devices.
Our Daily Bread
Great Depression tale of community, cleverness, and hard work.
"We live! We love! We fight! We hate! What don't we do for
- OUR DAILY BREAD"
via archive.org
Fantasmagorie ~ The First Animated Cartoon
via youtube.com
“Fantasmagorie is an 1908 French animated film by Émile Cohl. It is one of the earliest examples of traditional (hand-drawn) animation, and considered by film historians to be the first animated cartoon.”
Man Flaps His Arms and Flies !
"Since time immemorial, man has glanced up at the sky and watched with great envy as those magnificent winged creatures above flew circles around him. And although we now have airplanes, deep down inside, we still secretly want to experience what it’s like to soar like an eagle (as cliche as that sounds).
Well, I’m here to tell you that man’s day has come. That’s because on Sunday a Dutch inventor by the name of Jarno Smeets did the unthinkable when he strapped on a pair of homemade wings and flapped toward the heavens, officially becoming the first man in history to fly like a bird with self-built wings, as reported by Wired.com."