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1891 Inventor of Basketball Tells His Story: Radio Broadcast in 1939

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James Naismith (November 6, 1861 November 28, 1939) was aCanadian-born Presbyterian minister who is best known for inventing the game of basketball at a Springfield, Massachusetts YMCA in 1891. This interview of him is from a radio program called "We the
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10 Thomas Edison films in 3 minutes - the first films made in America

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Thomas Edison's ten oldest surviving films. The great inventor pioneered film-making in the US, and here are his first 10 attempts. He was greatly assisted by director and inventor William K. L. Dickson and director of photography William Heise. They were
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Inventions: The Tesla Coil

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The inventor Nikola Tesla had dreamed of supplying the world with electricity wirelessly. Tesla developed a device in 1891 which could produce bolts of high voltage electricity, known as the Tesla Coil. The device has a primary coil which passes a current
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First World War tech: Zeppelins

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First World War tech: Zeppelins When a German aristocrat Brigadier General Ferdinand Zeppelin retired from the army in 1891, he devoted himself to the study of aeronautics. His proposals to the government for a lighter-than-air flying machine were rejecte
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Was Sherlock Holmes Based on a Real Person?

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What Really Causes Cavities?

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How One Line in the Oldest Math Text Hinted at Hidden Universes

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The Evolution of Classical Music (1680-1928)

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