Lauren,
This is a good summary and highlights the main points of the Harris article. I like that you really tied in the interdependence aspect of coal and technology at the time. Coal allowed the use/innovation of many products, and the widespread use …
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Comment on Getting There – Boorstin by nicholasburnette
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You hit all the high points in the article refferfing to why such changes to technology arose. I believe it is importan tto look at the underlying causes of the prodution of these moblile vehicles alongside the invention itself. I think you did an amaz…
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Comment on Summary of the Chapter “The Emergence of Big Business” in Mansel Blackford’s Business Enterprise in American History by nicholasburnette
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In regards to what you said in this post, I agree with all of it. I think you did a very good job summing up what I think was the main argument of the paper, Railroad development and consequences. In the article, Blackford really stresses how important…
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Comment on Astrolabe Research by Corwin Warner
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I’ve heard about Astrolabes in nearly every history class I’ve taken and their application to navigation, but you gave a really detailed analysis as to why astrolabes were pivotal and significant throughout their use – thank you! Astrolabes were not just used by sailors as you mentioned, rather there were other navigation and religious reasons to use this tool (along with scientific predictions as you also said).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gu-yC-g4fcU
Just out of curiosity, I wanted to understand how an astrolabe actually functioned in use. The link above is a real informative video that describes/demonstrates exactly how an astrolabe can predict an event such as the sunrise/sunset.
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Comment on Getting There – Boorstin by Corwin Warner
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Interesting summary!
I like how you elaborated on steamboats with the example of a trip from NYC to Albany to emphasize the sheer significance of this development, but what about the steamboat racing you mentioned? That sounds like it has its own devel…
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Ancient Technologies Against Soil Erosion: Terracing’s Legacy
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Since its beginning more than 10,000 years ago, agriculture has created intense ecological damage. Some argue that soil degradation trumps all other human-induced impacts on our landscape. Plowing and planting significantly impacts the fertility and structure of soil. The plowing of land creates soil that helps crop grow, but water and wind easily carries away …
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Comment on Getting There – Boorstin by Aziz Shaik
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Perfect summary of the article, capturing the main idea that early Americans cared about speed instead of the safety of their transportation. I did find the notion presented in the article about how the American emphasis on speedy transport was a drivi…
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Summary of the Chapter “The Emergence of Big Business” in Mansel Blackford’s Business Enterprise in American History
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Mansel Blackford attempts to express the important roles railroads fulfilled before and during the rise of big business in the United States in this chapter. He claims that railroad companies fore-fronted big business and bureaucracy because of the unprecedented amount of capital they required to operate and the precise organization needed to run the complex, …
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Getting There – Boorstin
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Overtime throughout history, the need to always move was at the forefront of Americans minds. Americans built wagons, steamboats, and railroads without knowing the impact that it would make for public transportation for generations to come. When wagons were first … Continue reading →
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Comment on John R. Harris: The Rise of Coal Technology by Jared Cochran
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I really like your summary of the article and you definitely hit the main points that Harris outlines. This article, along with your summary, really tie together many of the inventions during the Industrial Revolution. Like you pointed out in the artic…