Famous Engineers: Nikola Tesla

The name “Tesla” is most often associated with the electric-powered car manufactured by Telsa, Inc., named after inventor Nikola Tesla.  Because Thomas Edison and other inventors received more notoriety and have been celebrated for inventions and concepts pioneered by Nikola Tesla, few people know how truly brilliant and pioneering Tesla was ...

2023-06-20T10:35:54-04:00January 3rd, 2022|Tuesday Tidbits|3 Comments

The Construction of San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge

The Golden Gate Bridge is one of the most internationally recognized symbols of California. Initially designed by engineer Joseph Baermann Strauss in 1917, the Golden Gate Bridge links San Francisco and Marin County and spans the Golden Gate Strait, which separates San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean ...

2023-06-20T10:41:21-04:00November 1st, 2021|Tuesday Tidbits|3 Comments

Why the U.S. Isn’t On the Metric System

Try ordering a 113.3981-grammer burger at your local McDonald’s or Burger King. And then don’t be surprised when they don’t understand your order! That’s because the United States has not yet fully adopted the metric system. As a result, most U.S. citizens are not familiar with it ...

2023-06-20T10:45:02-04:00September 3rd, 2021|Tuesday Tidbits|27 Comments
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