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Electronic Music Inquiry Unit
Perforated Disk Siren From the Smithsonian, Museum of Natural History. Woodwind instruments are some of the oldest used instruments, and several flutes have been discovered which date between 35,0…
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This document includes a permanent record of vinyl recordings mentioned in the IEEE REACH Electronic Music Inquiry Unit made available via Discogs.com. Discogs does not require a login and provides…
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Skyscrapers Inquiry Unit
Skyscrapers Inquiry Unit Download PDF Skyscrapers Hands-On Activity Prompt for the students: Using only the materials provided, teams of students will design and build a structure as tall as p…
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The symbol of growth in China and India of the early 21st century is the proliferation of skyscrapers. This was also the symbol of urbanization in the early 20th century U.S. How did this come about? …
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English inventor Henry Bessemer’s US patent for the Manufacture of Iron and Steel. Henry Bessemer is well-known for inventing the first process to mass-produce steel inexpensively. This patent, howe…
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Skyscrapers Inquiry Unit
Ryerson and Burnham Archives, The Art Institute of Chicago – "The Home Insurance Bldg. was the first of the tall fireproof buildings to be erected in the West,” states Jenney, William Le Baron in…
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Skyscrapers Inquiry Unit
Article that highlights the history and development of the electric elevator. Visit Source Download PDF…
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Electric Lighting Inquiry Unit
Images of old oil lamps from 1840 and 1840. Whale oil lamp, c. 1840. Mrs. Sauer putting oil in lamp, Cavalier County, N.D, Oct. 1940. Download PDF Visit Source 1 Visit Source 2 …
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Electric Lighting Inquiry Unit
Hertha Marks Ayrton was a British engineer, mathematician, physicist and inventor. She was the first woman elected member of The Institution of Electrical Engineers (London) 1899, the first woman to r…
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Refrigerated Rail Car Inquiry Unit
A photo of 3 men loading strawberries into a refrigerated car and a photo of 2 men "icing" a refrigerated car, both courtesy of the Library of Congress. Download PDF Visit Source 1 Visit Sour…
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