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Earth & Environment

Electric vehicles: The rise of the green machine from the 80s to today

LTE Program Assistant

In the late 1980s, Canadians began to realize that carbon dioxide emissions, global warming, greenhouse gases, and fossil fuel emissions posed a serious problem. In response, several regional bodies began to introduce environmental policies.

Using a mechanic’s stethoscope, more specifically a Motor Stethoscope, to pinpoint a problem in the engine of an automobile. “Advertising – Motor Stethoscope Company.” Air, June 1928, 43.

Road Transportation

An indispensable device for locating sounds caused by defects

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Hello there, my reading friend. Are you ready to be submerged by waves of pontificating prose? That’s too bad because you will not get that today. Yours truly was sure there was plenty of information on the mechanic’s stethoscope we just saw in an ad published in the June 1928 issue of a long forgotten magazine, the British monthly Air. Sadly enough, I struck out. So, let’s go over the basics. Back in the 1910s and 1920s, listening to a misbehaving piece of machinery was one of the most

A Portec RMC Hurricane Jet Snow Blower operated by the New York City Transit Authority, Coney Island, New York, January 2014. New York City Transit Authority.

Hold on to your shovel, it’s time to clear the snow!, Part 2

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Greetings, my reading friend. Are we ready for more mind blowing stories of jet-powered snow removal? Why the puzzled look? Don’t you know that, until recently if not until now, some organisations on North American and / or European soil were still using these ear shattering devices? New York Central Railroad Company, for example, put its first device of this type in service in 1960-61. The General Electric J47 jet engine of this in house design came from a recently retired Convair B-36

This truck equipped with a Klimov RD-45 or VK-1 turbojet engine was one of the many vehicles used for snow clearance at Vnukovo international airport, Moscow, early 1958. W.E. Casley, “Bea-line to Moscow.” The Aeroplane, 4 April 1958, 470.

Road Transportation

Hold on to your shovel, it’s time to clear the snow!, Part 1

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

To quote Princess Irulan, a minor character from the rather disappointing 1984 science fiction movie Dune, a beginning is a very delicate time. Should yours truly begin this article with the vehicle shown in the photo above, extracted from the pages of the weekly The Aeroplane, one of the great British aviation magazines of the 20th century, or should I go the beginning and move from there? Decision, decision. Many people who know me know only too well how much I love making decisions. Oh well

The mystery car at the heart of this article, Montréal, Québec, late 1937. Its owners, R. Gélinas and G. Duhamel, are standing beside it. Anon., “Voici une cadillac [sic] d’il y a près de 40 ans!” Photo-Journal, 9 December 1937, 3.

Road Transportation

From the top of this seat, 30 years are watching you

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Hello there, my reading friend, and welcome to the merry, merry month of December. Our topic this time around will be brief, yes brief. You do not believe me, now do you? Well, read on. Our story, say I, comes to us courtesy of a weekly from Montréal, Québec, Photo-Journal. And yes, there is a typo in the title of the article published 80 years ago this month. The word Cadillac should be spelled with a C, not a c. That, of course, is not the reason yours truly chose this story for our blog /

Meet an Innovator: Baran Faber, BassBus

Can art and transportation have a symbiotic relationship? The BassBus team creatively answers that question. This incredible vehicle serves Calgary and beyond as everything from mobile stage and music venue to a roving DJ sound system, and even a community art exhibition space. In this video presented by TELUS Spark, Baran Faber, Co-Founder and President of BassBus, shares stories about the innovative design and programming of BassBus. To learn more about BassBus, visit www.bassbus.ca.

An image of the Bloodhound SSC rocket car

Engineering & Technology

Bloodhound Diary: Learning from the past

Jesse Rogerson, PhD

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

This article is written by Andy Green, the world land speed record holder, and the driver of the Bloodhound SSC; the car that will attempt to reach 1,000 mph sometime in 2018. In this article, Green gives a quick overview of the engineering work that's been done so far as they design the car that will push the limits.

Road Transportation

The Oldsmobile - a Relic of Canada's Car Manufacturing History

St. Catharines Museum

The car we have on display in the St. Catharines’ museum is representative of the automotive industry in St. Catharines, as it is the first style of car built in the City and was manufactured in the first plant in Canada designed and built specifically for automobile manufacturing. Packard electric built this car on license from Oldsmobile for the distribution in Canada and the British Empire. The Packard Electric co. re-located to St. Catharines in order to take advantage of the close proximity

Courtesy of Ingenium

Road Transportation

Ski-doo

Ingenious - Ingénieux

The typo that became a sport. The end of World War Two dealt Armand Bombardier’s snowmobile company a double whammy. The first was obvious and expected: contracts to supply Allied governments with specialized military vehicles halted abruptly. The second wasn’t anticipated; governments in Quebec – both provincial and municipal – began clearing snow from roads in wintertime. Ploughed streets and highways throughout the province meant professionals who had once relied on snowmobiles to go from

Courtesy of Ingenium

Road Transportation

Dump Truck

Ingenious - Ingénieux

The quick spill. Perhaps the greatest time-saver for the modern labourer is– of all things– the good ol’ dump truck. Think about it. Instead of needing a group of strong backs to shovel a big load of dirt or gravel or whatever out of the box of a truck, the dump truck just, well, dumps it. Credit for the first one goes to Robert Mawhinney. In 1920, the Saint John New Brunswicker put together a truck equipped with a special dump box in back. The dump box was fitted with a mast, cable, and winch

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