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• 5/10/2020
  

  Spiritualism and Suspension Bridges: John Roebling and a Biographer's Sympathy for the Weird 19th Century

  by Richard Haw

  A biographer of Brooklyn Bridge designer John Roebling expected to write about a genius. He also ended up writing about a complete weirdo, and how one man could be both.

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• SOURCE: The New Scientist
  11-4-13
  

  Forbidden City builders chose ice sledge over wheels

  Chinese engineers used an ice road to drag stones to build the Forbidden City.