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Nov. 25, 1816: Theater Lighting — It's a Gas 1816: Gaslight illuminates Philadelphia's Chestnut Street Theatre. Theater patrons are living in an age of wonders: lights that burn "without wick or oil." Merchant Charles Kugler wanted to construct a gasworks to bring to Philadelphia the modern marvel that was illuminating the streets Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Nov. 25, 1816: Theater Lighting — It's a Gas 1816: Gaslight illuminates Philadelphia's Chestnut Street Theatre. Theater patrons are living in an age of wonders: lights that burn "without wick or oil." Merchant Charles Kugler wanted to construct a gasworks to bring to Philadelphia the modern marvel that was illuminating the streets Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Nov. 11, 1856: Bessemer Becomes the Man of Steel 1856: Englishman Henry Bessemer receives a U.S. patent for a new steel-making process that revolutionizes the industry. The Bessemer converter was a squat, ugly, clay-lined crucible that simplified the problem of removing impurities — excess manganese and carbon, mostly — f Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Nov. 11, 1856: Bessemer Becomes the Man of Steel 1856: Englishman Henry Bessemer receives a U.S. patent for a new steel-making process that revolutionizes the industry. The Bessemer converter was a squat, ugly, clay-lined crucible that simplified the problem of removing impurities — excess manganese and carbon, mostly — f Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Nov. 19, 1981: Marcos Regime Puts the Kibosh on Games 1981: Citing their socially destructive effects, Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos bans videogames in his country. Filipinos are given two weeks to hand over or destroy their game consoles. Marcos was no stranger to imposing draconian solutions. The Philippines lived under martial Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Nov. 19, 1981: Marcos Regime Puts the Kibosh on Games 1981: Citing their socially destructive effects, Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos bans videogames in his country. Filipinos are given two weeks to hand over or destroy their game consoles. Marcos was no stranger to imposing draconian solutions. The Philippines lived under martial Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Nov. 20, 1820: One Whale Exacts His Revenge 1820: The whaling ship Essex is rammed and sunk by a sperm whale 2,000 miles off the west coast of South America. The ordeal of the crew inspires Herman Melville's classic, Moby Dick. The Essex was an aging vessel from Nantucket, which at the time possessed the largest whaling fleet in Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Nov. 20, 1820: One Whale Exacts His Revenge 1820: The whaling ship Essex is rammed and sunk by a sperm whale 2,000 miles off the west coast of South America. The ordeal of the crew inspires Herman Melville's classic, Moby Dick. The Essex was an aging vessel from Nantucket, which at the time possessed the largest whaling fleet in Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Will 3-D Sportscasting Save the Movie Theater? News from Portfolio.com Also on Portfolio IPhone's 3G(aps) Bush the Bartender Ford's Truckin' Disaster Subscribe to Portfolio magazine Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban gave a presentation to the FCC about the future of Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Will 3-D Sportscasting Save the Movie Theater? News from Portfolio.com Also on Portfolio IPhone's 3G(aps) Bush the Bartender Ford's Truckin' Disaster Subscribe to Portfolio magazine Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban gave a presentation to the FCC about the future of Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Bits: Lighting the Big Apple With L.E.D.'s New York City has contracted with the Office for Visual Interaction, a lighting design group, to install and test L.E.D. street lighting. Home > Rss Directory > Technology > NY Time |
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Gallery: The Drive-In Theater Turns 75 : To celebrate the Drive-In's 75th birthday, we asked readers to submit their favorite drive-in photos from around the country. The now-dwindling venues have come to represent an American era of coveted cars and mesmerizing movies. Click through to see our favorite reader-submitted drive-in photo Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Gallery: The Drive-In Theater Turns 75 : To celebrate the Drive-In's 75th birthday, we asked readers to submit their favorite drive-in photos from around the country. The now-dwindling venues have come to represent an American era of coveted cars and mesmerizing movies. Click through to see our favorite reader-submitted drive-in photo Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Nov. 14, 1666: Watching a Transfusion, and Taking Notes 1666: Samuel Pepys, writing in his famous diary, records the first description of a blood transfusion. Pepys (whose name is usually pronounced Peeps, or occasionally Peppis) was an able administrator for the Royal Navy, as well as a member of Parliament. But he is best remembered for hi Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Nov. 14, 1666: Watching a Transfusion, and Taking Notes 1666: Samuel Pepys, writing in his famous diary, records the first description of a blood transfusion. Pepys (whose name is usually pronounced Peeps, or occasionally Peppis) was an able administrator for the Royal Navy, as well as a member of Parliament. But he is best remembered for hi Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Saving the Earth? Good for You — Just Be Sure to Watch the Bottom Line. Toyota relies on sales of gas-guzzling pickups to be the cash cow offseting development costs of the hybrid Prius. Oother companies hoping to reap the benefits of going green face the same Catch-22: Rolling out earth-friendly products attracts environmentally conscious customers, but corporate profi Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Saving the Earth? Good for You — Just Be Sure to Watch the Bottom Line. Toyota relies on sales of gas-guzzling pickups to be the cash cow offseting development costs of the hybrid Prius. Oother companies hoping to reap the benefits of going green face the same Catch-22: Rolling out earth-friendly products attracts environmentally conscious customers, but corporate profi Home > Rss Directory > Business > Wired News |
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Saving the Earth? Good for You — Just Be Sure to Watch the Bottom Line. Toyota relies on sales of gas-guzzling pickups to be the cash cow offseting development costs of the hybrid Prius. Oother companies hoping to reap the benefits of going green face the same Catch-22: Rolling out earth-friendly products attracts environmentally conscious customers, but corporate profi Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |
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Carolyn Porco: Use Big Robots — and Big Rockets She has been criticizing the space program's shuttle-centric approach for years, and now the agency is finally listening to her. Carolyn Porco, 55, leads the imaging team of the Cassini mission to Saturn — which has sent back thousands of snapshots — a project that she says could have be Home > Rss Directory > General > Wired News |
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Carolyn Porco: Use Big Robots — and Big Rockets She has been criticizing the space program's shuttle-centric approach for years, and now the agency is finally listening to her. Carolyn Porco, 55, leads the imaging team of the Cassini mission to Saturn — which has sent back thousands of snapshots — a project that she says could have be Home > Rss Directory > Technology > Wired News |