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That old Grizz was just asking for a fight when he moseyed on in and ordered-up one of them there mojitos. “The precursor to the western film genre was based on an 1896 story by Scott Marble. The film’s title was also the same as a popular contemporary stage melodrama. It was the most popular and commercially successful film of the pre-nickelodeon era, and established the notion that film could be a commercially-viable medium.” – archive.org on the silent movie: the great train robbery From Archive.org In 1903, an employee of Thomas Edison’s motion picture company produced a movie with...

Not everyday that you come across an infographic from 1878. Full text from infographic: The above diagram is projected from a series of electro-photographs, executed by instruction of Governor Stanford, and illustrates the course traversed by the feet of the mare Sallie Gardner during a single complete stride. The mare being thoroughbred, one of the fastest runners on the coast and noted for her graceful form and superb gait, the successive positions assumed by her during the stride may be accepted as representative in their character. During certain portions of the stride the of the mare were moving with a...

Hindenburg…schmendenburg…I have a Sky-Cycle for pete’s sake For the love of Syd Mead and all good things in the world – when will I have in my possession the flying-machine I was promised as a child? I mean, even the makers of the Sky-Cycle had it figured-out – way back in 1892. Take some highly flammable gas, oiled-canvas and bicycle parts, throw in a few kites, baling wire, and a dandy-outfit with mannish-mustache…there, you’re set for a flight over a semi-populated area with wooden Victorians, shoulder-high brush and tumbleweeds. Oh, and don’t forget to order the optional parking anchor –...

Summary: Technical illustration shows Besnier’s 1678 design for a flying machine using arm and leg power, two views of Jakob Degen’s man-powered flying machine, and two views after designs published in Thomas Walker’s “Treatise upon the art of flying” providing plans for the construction of a flying car. – Library Of Congress + Source: Flying Machine Technical Illustration :: Tissandier Collection :: Library Of Congress