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Adventures In Research

1940s series about the invention of different technologies
from archive.org

"Learn! Investigate! Instruct!"

Written by physicist, Dr. Phillips Thomas, this historically accurate series includes recordings about the invention of the typewriter, automobile, penicillin, machine gun, skyscraper, and more.

  1. Piece of Silk (4.2Mb)
  2. Fight Against Fire (4.3Mb)
  3. The King of Ice (4.2Mb)
  4. And Then the Night (4.2Mb)
  5. I Scream You Scream (4.2Mb)
  6. Yesterday's Secret Weapon (4.3Mb)
  7. Mariah Coventry (4.3Mb)
  8. The Man Who Found a Continent (4.2Mb)
  9. The Immigrant Inventor (4.2Mb)
  10. Dirty Hands (4.2Mb)
  11. Victory in the Desert (4.2Mb)
  12. The Recluse of Fitzroy Square (4.2Mb)
  13. History of 1st Regular Radio Broadcast (3.5Mb)
  14. Telegraphy (3.5Mb)
  15. A New Kind Of Movie (3.3Mb)
  16. George Westinghouse (3.3Mb)
  17. Electronics in Communications (5.2Mb)
  18. Electronics in Transportation (5.2Mb)
  19. King of Clocks (3.4Mb)
  20. The Paper Invention That Worked (3.4Mb)
  21. Golden Jubilee (3.4Mb)
  22. The First American Patent (3.4Mb)
  23. Typewriter History (3.4Mb)
  24. Science in Recreation (3.3Mb)
  25. The Story of Metal X (3.4Mb)
  26. Birth of the Balloon (5.2Mb)
  27. Dynamite (5.2Mb)
  28. SOFAR (5.2Mb)
  29. Hurricane Maker (5.2Mb)
  30. Oil from Shale (5.2Mb)
  31. The Cash Register (5.2Mb)
  32. Uncle Sam's Attic (5.2Mb)
  33. Toothpowder Mountain (5.2Mb)
  34. Gustav Dahlen (5.2Mb)
  35. The Sting of Death (5.2Mb)
  36. The Dread Scourge - Typhus (3.4Mb)
  37. Time Through the Ages (5Mb)
  38. Beauty in Clay (3.4Mb)
  39. Plague Conqueror (3.4Mb)
  40. Man of Destiny (3.4Mb)
  41. The Rain Wizard (3.4Mb)
  42. Stone That Gave Light (3.4Mb)
  43. The Perfect Clock (3.4Mb)
  44. The Golden Mold (3.4Mb)
  45. The Lost Chemical (3.4Mb)
  46. The Modern Road (3.4Mb)
  47. Dirty Hands (3.3Mb)
  48. The Man Who Found A Continent (3.3Mb)
  49. Maria Coventry (3.4Mb)
  50. The Recluse of Fitzroy Square (3.3Mb)
  51. Victory In The Desert epRepeat of no13 (3.4Mb)
  52. Patent Number 547860 (3.3Mb)
  53. Death Of The Dawn Man (3.3Mb)
  54. A Cup Of Sugar (3.3Mb)
  55. The Fabulous Mineral (3.3Mb)
  56. The Blizzard of 88 (3.3Mb)
  57. Hairpin In The Bottle (3.3Mb)
  58. American's First Invention (3.3Mb)
  59. Fence Around America (3.3Mb)
  60. No Sale (3.3Mb)
  61. A Touch Of Cologne (3.3Mb)
  62. The Green And The Red (3.3Mb)
  63. The Perpetual Discovery (3.3Mb)
  64. The Overlooked Housefly (3.3Mb)
  65. The Missing Ingredient (3.3Mb)
  66. Kris Kringle's Helper (3.3Mb)
  67. The Way Of An Eagle (3.3Mb)
  68. The First Skyscraper (3.3Mb)
  69. The Million Dollar Cabbage (3.3Mb)
  70. The Stamp Of Approval (3.3Mb)
  71. Michael Saves His Breath (3.3Mb)
  72. Seven And A Fifth Degrees (3.3Mb)
  73. Throw The Oars Away (3.3Mb)
  74. Free As A Bird (3.3Mb)
  75. A Sprig Of Mint (3.3Mb)

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