Modern Marvels Season 13
HISTORY’s longest-running series moves to H2. Modern Marvels celebrates the ingenuity, invention and imagination found in the world around us. From commonplace items like ink and coffee to architectural masterpieces and engineering disasters, the hit series goes beyond the basics to provide insight and history into things we wonder about and that impact our lives. This series tells fascinating stories of the doers, the dreamers and sometime-schemers that create everyday items, technological breakthroughs and manmade wonders. The hit series goes deep to explore the leading edge of human inspiration and ambition.
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Modern Marvels Season 13 Full Episode Guide
Engineering disasters are recalled. Included: a 2005 explosion at a BP refinery in Texas City, Texas; the American Airlines flight 587 crash in 2001; the 1982 dioxin scare in Times Beach, Mo., where dioxin was found in oil used to keep down dust on the roads; and a 2005 fire at the Praxair plant in St. Louis.
A history of copper examines its characteristics, how it is mined and its uses, particularly in the electronics industry. Included: copper in plumbing; and in roofs and sculptures. Also: a trip to a bell foundry.
A wind tunnel with forty foot diameter fans... a flight simulator that's eight stories high... a joy ride that makes Big Ben look small... a machine the pulls super film ten miles long on a two hundred pound reel... a mower that can cut your lawn in seconds... and a three hundred thousand pound rock eater.
Drilling and drill technology are explored. Included: tunnel-boring, robotic and laser drills.
Engineering disasters are recalled. Included: the sinking of SS Edmund Fitzgerald in 1975 in Lake Superior; two Boeing 737 crashes; and a diesel-fuel leak.
