The late 19th and early 20th centuries were full of inventions such as this--the "Pinkert Navigating Tricycle," which was meant to be used on water. Scientific American As billions of people ...

It's easy to take bread for granted, with easy access from countless supermarkets, bakeries, or home-kitchen bread-maker devices. But it wasn't always that way, especially in the 1800s when daily ...

Cooking for a family was labor-intensive in the 19th century. Each dish started with a living animal or fresh produce that had to be cleaned, cut, pitted, peeled, grated or chopped. Then it was ...

In this episode of IP Goes Pop!, co-hosts and Volpe Koenig shareholders, Michael Snyder and Joseph Gushue, take you through their first round of pop culture “game-changers.” That is, who were the ...

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