Henry Petrie, and engineer who built a massive equipment Emporium we should all wish we could go visit, served on a grand jury in a fortune-telling case in March, 1901.
Does this have great historical significance? No.
Do I find it amusing? YES.
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I study the history of large heavy loud things, and the folks who run them. I don't really know how Mastodon works yet, lol. #histTech #Engineer #histEng #19thc #20thc #Machines #maintainance #publicHistory #macademia #STS #Queer (Yes, that's me on the engine -- and in the foreground the illustrious @garrattguy) @magnunnr
One of the key figures in my dissertation was a bit of a joker... to update his language here, we could translate "chair business" to a similarly colloquial "sitting on your ass."
Its just a bit hard to work this stuff into a Serious Historical Narrative(tm) and that makes me sad. So now it's here. QED.
🗃️ The Standard, February 8th 1893
Not every portable engine was destined for greatness...... from George Page, Machinst, Inventor & Manufacturer's 1850 Catalogue. 🗃️
Ok. What did Brown & Patterson do to piss off the Engineers? The Farmer's Advocate Oct 1881.
Sandford Fleming wants us to put this back up @ the House of Commons, jus' sayin' 🗃️ #CanHist #MarineSteam #steam #parliament
This wasn't what I was LOOKING for, but here is the opening of a lecture calling for good ventilation in schools, even in winter, even if you need to use mechanical fans -- in 1854. #cleanAir
