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The Remarkable Camouflage Trees of World War I

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The annals of history are replete with tales of ingenuity born out of necessity, and the First World War stands as a testament to this fact. In the grim and tangled web of trench warfare on the Western Front, innovation often emerged from the dire circumstances of battle. One such marvel of innovation was the concept of camouflage, which took on myriad forms to gain a strategic edge in the face of a relentless adversary. Continue reading »

How to Design a Nuclear Reactor – an Illustrated Rough Guide, 1956-1998


Sizewell B PWR, Nuclear Engineering International – The World’s Reactors, No. 83, Sizewell B PWR, Sizewell, Suffolk, UK. Wall chart insert, Nuclear Engineering, December 1982

The University of New Mexico’s Centennial Science and Engineering Library hosts these images of Nuclear Engineering Wall Charts. The graphics appeared in Nuclear Engineering International magazine from it inception in 1956 to 1998. Nuclear power has had its successes and disasters – but it’s rarely looked better. Continue reading »

Amazing Vintage Photos That Show How Life Before AutoCAD Looked Like

Before the advent of AutoCAD and other drafting softwares, the engineering drawings were made on sheet of papers using drawing boards. Many equipments were required to complete a given drawing such as drawing board, different grade pencils, Erasers T-squares, Set square etc. Continue reading »