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Detail of a bookplate to a publication entitled, "Le sport velocipedique."
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Road Transportation

A ride through the evolution of the bicycle (Part 3)

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Jun 17, 2019
PART 3 – The Dawn of the Safety Bicycle, 1880s - 1900 In honour of Bike Month (May 27-June 30), the Ingenium Channel is pleased to share a short series on the history of the bicycle, as supported by Ingenium’s beautiful collection. As shown in parts one and two , even though improvements on early designs opened up cycling to a greater number of people, the high wheel bicycle was dangerous, and not everyone was willing to ride a tricycle. Many riders wanted something as fast and fun as an
Dr. William Richard Carpentier in the converted Airstream trailer known as the Mobile Quarantine Facility. Tom Alderman, “Canada’s men on the Moon shot.” Star Weekly, 28 June 1969, 6.
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Space

A real McCoy, space doctor William Richard Carpentier

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Jun 17, 2019
Dammit, my reading friend, I’m a museum curator, not a doctor. Sorry. That was uncalled for – and rather quirky as an opening sentence. Still, I couldn’t resist this little Star Trek joke, and… You do get it, don’t you? Dammit, Jim, I’m a doctor, not a whatever happened to be the flavour of the week? Sigh… What do people learn in school these days? There is no respect for the classics. To quote Marvin, the paranoid android in The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy , magnificently played by Alan
Postcard showing the difference between a high wheel Ordinary and a smaller, safer Ordinary.
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Road Transportation

A ride through the evolution of the bicycle (Part 2)

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Jun 12, 2019
PART 2: The Velocipede, Ordinary, and Tricycle (1860s – 1890) In honor of Bike Month (May 27-June 30), the Ingenium Channel is pleased to share a short series on the history of the bicycle, as supported by Ingenium’s beautiful collection. As shown in part one of this history of the bicycle, early machines looked very different than the modern bicycles we know today. Today — in part two — we explore the next steps on this journey: The Velocipede, The Ordinary, and the Tricycle.
Three of the main performers of the musical soap opera Amour, délices et cie, with its creator, Joseph Louis Réal Giguère, Montréal, Québec. François Piazza, “Sur les ailes de Télé-Métropole – Amour, délices et cie s’envole.” Photo-journal, 18 to 25 June 1969, 44.
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Aviation

Amour, délices et cie

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Jun 10, 2019
As I began writing this article of paramount importance for the future of the human genome, yes, yes, paramount, absolutely, some notes of the musical theme of Amour, délices et cie popped into my mind, after more than 50 years. And the craziest thing is that this show was of no interest to the young geek I was at the time – and that I am still, in an older form of course. Memory is a strange faculty, is not it? Anyway, let’s move on. So, hello, my reading friend. Did you miss me? A little? A
A Canadian-made Avro Lancaster of No. 428 Squadron (Ghost), RCAF, on display at the factory of Victory Aircraft Limited after its return from Europe, Malton, Ontario, late May 1945. CASM, 31975.
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Aviation

A somewhat forgotten aspect of the history of No. 425 Squadron (Alouette), Part 3

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Jun 6, 2019
Good day for the third time, my reading friend, and welcome to the last part of this special edition of our blog / bulletin / thingee. With your permission, your humble servant would like to dedicate these many lines to the story of Victory Aircraft Limited, a Canadian aircraft manufacturer gone for ages and, in particular, to the production program of the British Avro Lancaster four engine heavy bomber. As you and I know, the beginning of the Second World War in September 1939 was preceded by a
The refracting telescopes of amateur astronomer Lucien E. Coallier, Ville de Laval, Québec. They were used for the observation of the Moon (left) and stars. Roland Prévost, “À Ville de Laval, le meilleur observatoire d’amateur au Canada pour l’étude de la Lune.” La Presse, 7 June 1969, 77.
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Space

The Sun, beautiful. The Moon, even more beautiful. Oh yeah

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Jun 6, 2019
Space, the final frontier. These were / are the voyages of generations of amateur astronomers. I hope that this introduction, combined with the above photograph, extracted from the bowels of the 7 June 1969 issue of La Presse of Montréal, Québec, the largest French-language daily newspaper in North America, stoked your curiosity just a little bit. I must confess that the observation of the celestial vault does not tug at my heartstrings. What about you, my reading friend? This being said (typed?
A gentleman on a crossframe safety bicycle escorts a gentleman on a high wheeler and a lady on a tricycle, circa 1890.
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Road Transportation

A ride through the evolution of the bicycle

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Jun 5, 2019
With the happy arrival of spring, bikes are being dusted off and brought out of hiding for the new season. In honour of Bike Month (May 27-June 30), the Ingenium Channel is pleased to share a short series on the history of the bicycle, as supported by Ingenium’s beautiful collection. Today, cycling is a part of daily life for millions of people around the world. Most ride on two wheels with air-filled tires, using handlebars to steer the front wheel and pedals to power the back wheel through a

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