Model T Ford Facts
By today's standards, Henry Ford's Model T has many unusual characteristics. Before you can jump into the driver's…
How do Airships Work
Combining both methods of a ship and a hot air balloon, we investigate how an airship flies.
Airships use a…
What Did Blacksmiths Make In Medieval Times
Medieval blacksmiths were skilled craftsmen, but how did they come to cast such useful an a attractive objects?
How Sound is Recorded And Replayed From Vinyl
Vinyl records are the audio storage media of yesteryear. You can think of them as MP3 players that simply store…
How did Roman Underfloor Heating Work
Hypocausts - an ancient Roman system of central heating - worked by raising the floor of a room off the ground on a…
How do Pendulum Clocks Work
Galileo discovered that as long as a pendulum stays the same length and keeps swinging, the time it takes to swing…
How Does a Typewriter Work
Mechanical devices used to type text onto paper, typewriters paved the way for modern word processors.
How Do Zoetropes Work
The optical toy that creates the illusion of moving images..
Today when you go to the cinema or watch TV, what you…
How do Cuckoo Clocks Work
How do these bird-ejecting timepieces work? A cuckoo clock is a specialised type of pendulum-regulated…
How Thatching Works
This traditional - and now very pricey - craft requires a host of speciality tools and techniques.
Thatching is…