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Unusual Ways Technology Affects You & The Strange Science of Sweat

Something You Should Know

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Material Science and the Railroads

Before quarts clocks, there were the springs. Crucible steel is the material that was ma it was made out of. We needed to figure out how to make steel springs that vibrated and were flexible precisely and and uniformly. And so quarts clocks replaced spring clocks. The railroad had a hand in commercializing christmas.

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