Maybe this was common knowledge, but I didn't know until recently. It's a design for bouyant air chambers for steamboats. Pretty cool.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010
What famous figure invented this?
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ReplyDeleteHonest Abe.
ReplyDeleteThere was an article about it in the Smithsonian Magazine back in the mid-2000s.
I knew that vacation wouldn't keep you from here, Xenophon. ;)
ReplyDeleteNot on it quite yet. Getting packed, etc. for it. I have the pleasure of taking care of my beautiful nine month old daughter this morning.
ReplyDeleteDaddy-daughter mornings are the best (I have a two-year-old... don't know if I've ever mentioned her here).
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