Progress is fine, but it's gone on for too long.

with apologies to Ogden Nash...

Saturday, July 20, 2024

Transistor radio, 1958

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Anyone who has used an old tube-type radio will remember the wait after the on button was actuated. It took a minute or so for the sound to ...
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Friday, July 19, 2024

Morgan Aero

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  Owner /driver Clive Lones set 37 speed records in the 1930s with this Morgan Aero, using different engines. Seen at Brooklands Museum. Who...

Whipple File factory

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  Ballardvale, located north of Boston Mass. was a mill town, known for cotton and woolen mills. Another operation was the Machine Shop, est...
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Thursday, July 18, 2024

Long distance Naval flight

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 In 1925 the US Navy, wanting to show they were up with aviation times, attempted a non-stop California- Hawaii flight with two PN-9 flying ...

Bikes in the 'hood, CBX

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Nice to see a CBX being used, they're still an impressive piece of machinery. Note the ventilated discs! This is the 1982 touring versio...
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Wednesday, July 17, 2024

Harley Davidson management, 1936

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 Left to right; Arthur Davidson, Walter Davidson, William S Harley and William Davidson posing at the end of the production line with a new ...
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Planes in formation, Concorde

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Tuesday, July 16, 2024

The Denbigh Drilling Machine

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Here's a big beautiful drill on display at the Brooklands Museum. The Denbigh Engineering Co was located in the industrial area between ...

Lego patent

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Monday, July 15, 2024

1927 Triumph tank construction

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This is the tank from a 1927 works Triumph showing an interesting treatment of the edges of the various sheet metal parts of the tank, The s...
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