The Woodworking Try Square
A try square is a tool used in woodworking for marking and measuring a piece of wood. The square refers to the tool’s primary use of measuring the accuracy of…
A Brief history of computing
There have been many attempts at improving the methods we use for calculations. One of the longest lasting devices is the abacus. The Abacus An abacus is a manual aid…
Elephant Hooks Case Study
In their natural habitats, a baby elephant will grab onto its mother’s tail for security. Because they travel in herds, 44 eighth grade public school students in Chicago wanted to…
How To Identify American House Styles (1690-1840)
Whilst very few houses represent a “pure” style, there were basically seven types of structures: Log Cabin up to 1850’s Colonial 1690 -1760 Salt Box 1610 – 1770 Cape Cod…