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Gyroscopic Speed-Demon Unicycle - Popular Science, April 1923 - This gyroscopic unicycle was supposed to b… | Popular science, Science magazine, Science fiction art

I have never understood why people who aren't circus clowns ride unicycles. They seem designed specifically to create wipeouts and, subsequently, schadenfreude (a lesson our writer learned all too well in 1967 when he undertook the massive challenge of learning to ride one). But who knew that tucked away in the pages of PopScis past were some of the weirdest, most delightfully retro-futuristic unicycles of all time? Now we all do. And I don't think it's a stretch to say our lives are all the…

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Vintage Submersibles: Exploring Earth's Alien Deep Sea Habitats

While touting space as the next great frontier, we tend to forget that our oceans encompass domains that might as well exist on other planets. Like outer space, the deep sea isn't an easy place to access, but explorers reared on Jules Verne and tales of the giant squid couldn't resist the challenge of mapping Earth's most alien habitat. To that end, innovators like aqua-lung inventor Jacques Cousteau, Swiss physicist Auguste Piccard, and aviation pioneer Edwin Link built submersibles fit for…

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Herbert Paus (1860 - 1944)Popular Science Monthly Cover Illustrations, 1920's-30's. Jim Steranko says … | Popular science, Popular science monthly, Science magazine

Herbert Paus (1860 - 1944)Popular Science Monthly Cover Illustrations, 1920's-30's. Jim Steranko says Paus' use of color makes him "The Bob Peak of his age," Primarily a watercolorist, Paus used oils on occasion, notably for Hart Shaffner and Marx. He was also expert at pencils and inks. http://www.americanartarchives.com/paus,h.htm http://www.societyillustrators.org/Awards-and-Competitions/Hall-of-Fame/Past-Inductees/2005--Herbert-Paus.aspx

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See the future as it looked 90 years ago in amazing Popular Science covers | Science magazine, Popular science, Radio

Popular Science magazine has been around since 1872. It was educational in the beginning. Eventually, the content would have a broader appeal in its content, and included science fiction stories. The...

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Popular Science Magazine 1930's Cover Page - http://longstreet.typepad.com/.a/6a00d83542d51e69e20148c6c3a150… | Futurismo retrô, Ilustrações retro, Anúncios vintage

JF Ptak Science Books Post 1278 In a continuing thread on Steampunk themes I've organized some of my 1930's cover art into themes--first up, examples of waterborne-Steampunk, which will be followed by land- and then airborne-Steampunk. (All of the examples...

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