#Zephry #museumscienceindustry @msichicago The Illinois Zephyr is a descendant of the Kansas City Zephyr and American Royal Zephyr passenger train routes operated by the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad from 1953 until 1968 and 1971, respectively. The state of Illinois intervened in 1971 at the request of Quincy College (now Quincy University), Western

#museumscienceindustry @msichicago oday the word “#stagecoach” is applied almost exclusively to the classic, oval-shaped overland coach produced in Concord, New Hampshire. These have starred in coun

1912 #Robertgoddard #museumscienceindustry @msichicago Robert Goddard, bundled against the cold weather of March 16, 1926, holds the launching frame of his most notable invention — the first liquid-fueled rocket.

#Nickelodeon #museumscienceindustry @msichicago The Nickelodeon was the first type of indoor exhibition space dedicated to showing projected motion pictures in the United States and Canada. Usually set up in converted storefronts, these small, simple theaters charged five cents for admission[1] and flourished from about 1905 to 1915.

#Chemicalfeast @msichicago #museumscienceindustry The Chemical Feast: Ralph Nader's Study Group Report on the Food and Drug Administration is a 1970 book usually associated with the name of Ralph Nader, who wrote its Introduction, but authored by public interest, regulatory affairs attorney Jim Turner which is critical of the policies and practices of its subject, the United States' Food and Drug Administration.

#Stagecoach #museumscienceindustry @msichicago That day's stage ride will always live in my memory – but not for its beauty spots. Jammed like sardines on the hard seats of an old time leather spring coach – a Concord – leaving Pantano, creeping much of the way, letting the horses walk, through miles of alkali dust that the wheels rolled up in thick clouds of which we received the full benefit ... It is always a mystery to the

#u505submarine #museumscienceindustry @msichicago U-505 is a German Type IXC submarine built for Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II. She was captured by the U.S. Navy on 4 June 1944.

#Napoleon #museumscienceindustry @msichicago About 1779, #SamuelCrompton succeeded in producing a mule-jenny, a machine which spun yarn suitable for use in the manufacture of muslin.[6] It was known as the muslin wheel or the Hall i' th' Woodwheel,[7] from the name of the house in which he and his family now lived.[8] The mule-jenny later became known as the spinning

1884 #reaction #museumscienceindustry @msichicago The Sandmeyer reaction is a chemical reaction used to synthesize aryl halides from aryl diazonium salts using copper salts as reagents or catalysts.[1][2][3] It is an example of a radical-nucleophili

1784 #AlexandriaWolfgang #museumscienceindustry @msichicago Johann Wolfgang von Goethe[a] (28 August 1749 – 22 March 1832) was a German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic.[3] His works include plays, poetry, literature, and aesthetic criticism, as well as treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour. He is widely r