I’m at the British Textile Biennial, with exhibits and events in Burnley, Accrington, Blackburn etc.
Theme this time is invention and innovation, so plenty of #histsci and #histech among the new fibres and Lancashire looms.
Some of the things I’ve seen…
Theme this time is invention and innovation, so plenty of #histsci and #histech among the new fibres and Lancashire looms.
Some of the things I’ve seen…
Stack of Jacquard loom cards, about two meters in length at Queen’s Street Mill, near Burnley
By my calculation about 120kb of data
By my calculation about 120kb of data
November 2, 2025 at 2:52 PM
thank you for "live tweeting" the conference, ben! i looked over the program, and couldnt believe how extensive it was, and also how out of touch i am with whats happening in #histech these days...
October 11, 2025 at 3:43 PM
thank you for "live tweeting" the conference, ben! i looked over the program, and couldnt believe how extensive it was, and also how out of touch i am with whats happening in #histech these days...
Ever wonder why M&Ms were invented or how Cheetos is linked to a military program? The Science History Institute in Philadelphia, PA, has these answers and a whole lot more. You can read about my recent visit here: www.markstrecker.com/science-hist.... #TravelAddicticsHistory #histsci #histech
August 28, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Ever wonder why M&Ms were invented or how Cheetos is linked to a military program? The Science History Institute in Philadelphia, PA, has these answers and a whole lot more. You can read about my recent visit here: www.markstrecker.com/science-hist.... #TravelAddicticsHistory #histsci #histech
Feeling incredibly privileged to have spent a full day with this beauty of an object! 🏆
I love my job and my dissertation topic ❤️
#Screws 🔩 #ArtHistory #HistSci #HisTech #HistSTM #MaterialCulture #EarlyModern 🗃️
I love my job and my dissertation topic ❤️
#Screws 🔩 #ArtHistory #HistSci #HisTech #HistSTM #MaterialCulture #EarlyModern 🗃️
August 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Feeling incredibly privileged to have spent a full day with this beauty of an object! 🏆
I love my job and my dissertation topic ❤️
#Screws 🔩 #ArtHistory #HistSci #HisTech #HistSTM #MaterialCulture #EarlyModern 🗃️
I love my job and my dissertation topic ❤️
#Screws 🔩 #ArtHistory #HistSci #HisTech #HistSTM #MaterialCulture #EarlyModern 🗃️
Despite its many appearances in movies, the Thompson machine gun was a commercial flop. The company that made it, Auto-Ordnance, was only saved from shutting down altogether by WWII. www.markstrecker.com/invention-of... #Guns #histsci #histech #history
July 20, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Despite its many appearances in movies, the Thompson machine gun was a commercial flop. The company that made it, Auto-Ordnance, was only saved from shutting down altogether by WWII. www.markstrecker.com/invention-of... #Guns #histsci #histech #history
June 26, 2025 at 10:28 AM
There are sorts of surprises associated with Play-Doh. Invented in Cincinnati, OH, it was a modified version of a wall paper cleaner. Pay-doh was made popular by its appearance on the children's TV show Captain Kangaroo. www.markstrecker.com/invention-of... #histsci #histech #ohiohistory
June 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
There are sorts of surprises associated with Play-Doh. Invented in Cincinnati, OH, it was a modified version of a wall paper cleaner. Pay-doh was made popular by its appearance on the children's TV show Captain Kangaroo. www.markstrecker.com/invention-of... #histsci #histech #ohiohistory
Bikes in their modern form have existed since 1866, yet it wasn't until 1899 that someone in OH thought to make a padded seat. It made its inventor, Arthur Lovett Garford, millions with which he built his mansion, The Hickories. www.markstrecker.com/invention-of... #histsci #histech #ohiohistory
June 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Bikes in their modern form have existed since 1866, yet it wasn't until 1899 that someone in OH thought to make a padded seat. It made its inventor, Arthur Lovett Garford, millions with which he built his mansion, The Hickories. www.markstrecker.com/invention-of... #histsci #histech #ohiohistory
If it's a museum about history, I'll visit it even if it's not a topic I'm especially interested in. Case in point: while on a business trip, I came across the Mid-American Windmill Museum in IN. Here's what I found: www.markstrecker.com/mid-american.... #histsci #histech #TravelAddictsHistory
June 1, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If it's a museum about history, I'll visit it even if it's not a topic I'm especially interested in. Case in point: while on a business trip, I came across the Mid-American Windmill Museum in IN. Here's what I found: www.markstrecker.com/mid-american.... #histsci #histech #TravelAddictsHistory
When Arthur Garford invented the padded bicycle seat, it made him so rich, he built an impressive estate in his hometown of Elyria, OH, called The Hickories, which you can tour. Read about my visit here: www.markstrecker.com/lorain-count... #TravelAddictsHistory #ohiohistory #histsci #histech
May 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
When Arthur Garford invented the padded bicycle seat, it made him so rich, he built an impressive estate in his hometown of Elyria, OH, called The Hickories, which you can tour. Read about my visit here: www.markstrecker.com/lorain-count... #TravelAddictsHistory #ohiohistory #histsci #histech
For those in Cambridge and environs, announcement of 29th Annual Hans Rausing Lecture at the Dept of History & Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge, June 5, 3:30 pm. #histsci #histech #sts
www.hps.cam.ac.uk/news-events/...
www.hps.cam.ac.uk/news-events/...
May 16, 2025 at 3:56 PM
For those in Cambridge and environs, announcement of 29th Annual Hans Rausing Lecture at the Dept of History & Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge, June 5, 3:30 pm. #histsci #histech #sts
www.hps.cam.ac.uk/news-events/...
www.hps.cam.ac.uk/news-events/...
When you request an archival record on #EarlyModern armormaking, expecting the usual: pages & pages of (illegible) text, but on its opening pages find: depictions of the assemblage of armor and several individual screws 🔩 ❤️ It's good a day.
#HistSci #HisTech 🗃️ 📜
#HistSci #HisTech 🗃️ 📜
May 16, 2025 at 12:33 PM
When you request an archival record on #EarlyModern armormaking, expecting the usual: pages & pages of (illegible) text, but on its opening pages find: depictions of the assemblage of armor and several individual screws 🔩 ❤️ It's good a day.
#HistSci #HisTech 🗃️ 📜
#HistSci #HisTech 🗃️ 📜
The iconic Klondike Bar was invented by someone at Isaly’s Dairy Company in 1922, which was based in Mansfield, OH. You couldn't get one unless you lived in OH or PA until 1978 when they started going national. www.markstrecker.com/invention-of... #ohiohistory #histsci #histech #histsci
May 12, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The iconic Klondike Bar was invented by someone at Isaly’s Dairy Company in 1922, which was based in Mansfield, OH. You couldn't get one unless you lived in OH or PA until 1978 when they started going national. www.markstrecker.com/invention-of... #ohiohistory #histsci #histech #histsci
April 16, 2025 at 3:49 PM
April 16, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Dept of Humanities, Social & Political Sciences (D-GESS; www.gess.ethz.ch) at ETH Zurich invites applications for two profs, one History of Technology, other in Philosophy of Science. Language English or German. Apply by 15 June 2025:
www.bi.id.ethz.ch/recruiting_a...
#HPS #PhilJobs 🗃️ #STS #histech
www.bi.id.ethz.ch/recruiting_a...
#HPS #PhilJobs 🗃️ #STS #histech
Departement Geistes-, Sozial- und Staatswissenschaften
www.gess.ethz.ch
April 12, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Dept of Humanities, Social & Political Sciences (D-GESS; www.gess.ethz.ch) at ETH Zurich invites applications for two profs, one History of Technology, other in Philosophy of Science. Language English or German. Apply by 15 June 2025:
www.bi.id.ethz.ch/recruiting_a...
#HPS #PhilJobs 🗃️ #STS #histech
www.bi.id.ethz.ch/recruiting_a...
#HPS #PhilJobs 🗃️ #STS #histech
The gas mask was invented by African American Garrett A. Morgan in Cleveland in 1912. In 1916 he use led a rescue mission using them after gas explosion under Lake Erie, only to have newspapers not report his heroism! www.markstrecker.com/invention-of... #histsci#histech#ohiohistory#radicalhistory
April 8, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The gas mask was invented by African American Garrett A. Morgan in Cleveland in 1912. In 1916 he use led a rescue mission using them after gas explosion under Lake Erie, only to have newspapers not report his heroism! www.markstrecker.com/invention-of... #histsci#histech#ohiohistory#radicalhistory
The foam-soled slipper was patented by Florence Zacks Melton in 1948, who lived in Columbus, OH. During the war she'd made small fortune with the invention of the removable should pad for women's ware--the Shoulda-Sham. www.markstrecker.com/invention-of.... #histsci#histech#ohiohistory#history
March 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The foam-soled slipper was patented by Florence Zacks Melton in 1948, who lived in Columbus, OH. During the war she'd made small fortune with the invention of the removable should pad for women's ware--the Shoulda-Sham. www.markstrecker.com/invention-of.... #histsci#histech#ohiohistory#history
James “Jake” Ritty had a problem. His saloon's employees kept pilfering his earnings and giving away free drinks to their friends. To counter this theft, he and brother patented the cash register in 1879. No one wanted it. www.markstrecker.com/invention-of... #histsci #histech #history
March 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
James “Jake” Ritty had a problem. His saloon's employees kept pilfering his earnings and giving away free drinks to their friends. To counter this theft, he and brother patented the cash register in 1879. No one wanted it. www.markstrecker.com/invention-of... #histsci #histech #history
Carillon Historical Park in Dayton, OH, will keep you busy for an entire day. Here's you'll find a plane built by the Wright Brothers, a gristmill, a canal lock, and much more. You can read about my visit here: www.markstrecker.com/carollin-his... #histsci #histech #history#TravelAddictsHistory
March 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Carillon Historical Park in Dayton, OH, will keep you busy for an entire day. Here's you'll find a plane built by the Wright Brothers, a gristmill, a canal lock, and much more. You can read about my visit here: www.markstrecker.com/carollin-his... #histsci #histech #history#TravelAddictsHistory
Thomas Edison's birthplace house in Milan, OH, is like a TARDIS: it's much bigger on the inside than out. And it's an excellent museum. You can read about my visit here: www.markstrecker.com/birthplace-t... #histsci #histech #history #TravelAddictsHistory
March 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Thomas Edison's birthplace house in Milan, OH, is like a TARDIS: it's much bigger on the inside than out. And it's an excellent museum. You can read about my visit here: www.markstrecker.com/birthplace-t... #histsci #histech #history #TravelAddictsHistory
Crank-starting a car was a dangerous task, sometimes resulting in death. Charles Kettering's invention of the electric self-starter in Dayton saved lives, but this was offset by his involvement in creating leaded gas and Freon. www.markstrecker.com/invention-of... #histsci #histech #history
February 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Crank-starting a car was a dangerous task, sometimes resulting in death. Charles Kettering's invention of the electric self-starter in Dayton saved lives, but this was offset by his involvement in creating leaded gas and Freon. www.markstrecker.com/invention-of... #histsci #histech #history
Mary Anderson from Alabama patented the first windshield wiper in 1903, but demand wasn't there, so it never sold. The modern one was invented in Cleveland by William Forsyth. He sold the patent to a company today today as Trico. www.markstrecker.com/invention-of... #histsci #histech #history
February 26, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Mary Anderson from Alabama patented the first windshield wiper in 1903, but demand wasn't there, so it never sold. The modern one was invented in Cleveland by William Forsyth. He sold the patent to a company today today as Trico. www.markstrecker.com/invention-of... #histsci #histech #history