The Long Chain is the title of this week's Connections episode. Last week, we followed a path in history from the assembly line to the development of the airplane.
What happened the last time an efficient cargo-carrier was developed? This week, James Burke starts with the Dutch Fluyt ships, which were remarkably similar in principle to the modern 747, and takes us to a long history of disease, war, famine and empires, to end at the last place you'd expect.
Following the video are links to further research on the major topics of this episode, with ones that reveal the ending, as always, purposefully left out.
Links:
Boeing 747
Fluyt
Hoorn
Dutch East India Company
Bank of England
Triangular trade
Edward Lloyd
Lloyd's of London
Mary Celeste
Shipworm
Tar
Pitch
Great Northern War
Turpentine
Revolutionary War
Archibald Cochrane, 9th Earl of Dundonald
Coal tar
Copper
Copper sheathing
James Watt
Cotton mill
William Murdoch
Frederick Albert Winsor
Gas Light and Coke Company
Gasometer
The Great Stink
Ammonia
Naphtha
Natural rubber
Charles Macintosh
Thomas Hancock
Spice trade
Anopheles Mosquito
Malaria
Cinchona
Quinine
Gin and tonic
William Henry Perkin
Mauveine
BASF
Hoechst AG
Agfa
Bayer
Indigo-Marsch
Eugénie de Montijo
Analgesic
Combine harvester
Rye bread
Junker
Fertilizer
Fritz Haber
Nitric acid
Sodium nitrate
Haber–Bosch process
Henri Moissan
Calcium carbide
Acetylene
Adolph Frank
Heinrich Caro
Potash
Wuppertal monorail
Wilhelm II
World War I
Oxyacetylene welding
Fritz Klatte
1939 New York World's Fair
Polymer
I cheated, I watched this one last week after the other one
ReplyDeleteI'm going to have to throw the weighted yellow hankie at you, DD. ; )
ReplyDeleteMuslims call for justice at funeral for lslamic leader
ReplyDeleteMuslim leaders called for justice today at the funeral of Luqman Ameen Abdullah, the Islamic leader killed by FBI agents this week during a shootout in Dearborn.
''We are looking for justice,'' said Imam Mohammed Elahi of the Islamic House of Wisdom to a packed crowd that spilled outside. ''The closest road to Allah is justice. May Allah bless his soul.'' Elahi said.
''Allah Akbar,'' God is great, the packed crowd said at times during the funeral.
Justice?
/radical Imam dude opened up on law enforcement and killed an FBI dog
Islamic House of Wisdom
ReplyDelete/heh, oxymoron
Happy Halloween C2ers! Just taking a ten minute break from the party preparations. I am already dead on my feet and the party will most likely go into the wee hours.
ReplyDeleteKB, what he probably meant to say is, "Heads must roll!"
ReplyDeletePBJ! Happy Halloween! Should we expect a bleary-eyed, hungover PBJ tomorrow? Good to see you!
Hi CC, DD, KB! I hear there's some sort of game in Philly tonight?
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ReplyDeleteI cheated, I watched this one last week after the other one
Awwww....now you know how history turns out!
Wait a minute...
Hi, PPC. : )
ReplyDeleteYeah, "some sort of game". LOL (There's probably going to be a full blown war in the Pub. : )
Caption, anyone>
ReplyDelete(There's probably going to be a full blown war in the Pub. : )
ReplyDeleteI'll let Bambi know to bring teh whip.
Pumpkin Populator Czar said...
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Michelle: "This is fascinating. How do we get regulatory control over it?"
Simon at Classical Values: are we in another oil bubble?
ReplyDeleteI'll be on the 3rd side of the pub war.
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ReplyDeleteAfternoon again. Printed off my "press" pass for tonight, walked and played with the puppy. Downloading some pictures now for my friend and getting ready for tonight. I am going to have a blast.
ReplyDeleteHappy Halloween C2!!
ReplyDeleteTreat or Treat and a little party tonight.
We are handing out 'treats' for kids and adults tonight. If you are over 21, you could get a nice fall lager, a glass of blood red wine or a caipiranha in your treat sack.
Don't you wish you were my neighber? ;)
Heh: In the future, every war will be Vietnam for 15 minutes
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"We will crush you like the Fox News Network"...
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I never understood this - if the post was removed, how is it that a notice can still be there saying it's been removed?
I guess it's one of those eternal mysteries, like how "Don't Walk On The Grass" signs get in the middle of the grass.
Happy 'alloween, VT! Sounds fun!
ReplyDeleteNo finger cookies?
Phil, what're your plans for tonight? Costume?
ReplyDeleteForbidden witches finger cookies? Mmmmm, must be good. LOL Happy halloween everyone.
ReplyDelete@Pi guy: being jetlagged, I made an embarrassing typo and couldn't let it stand. As I had no edit button, I whacked the comment and reentered it.
ReplyDeletePPC, I am going as a press photographer. Here's my "pass". :D
ReplyDeleteFinally Free said...
ReplyDelete@Pi guy: being jetlagged, I made an embarrassing typo and couldn't let it stand. As I had no edit button, I whacked the comment and reentered it.
That's OK - your Classical Values links were worth the wait!
Does anybody else think we should add Classical Values to the blogroll?
Hi snowcrash! Happy Pumpkin Day!
ReplyDeletePhil ... LOL! Perfect!
PaladinPhil said...
ReplyDeletePPC, I am going as a press photographer. Here's my "pass". :D
Here's an alternative.
;)
Does anybody else think we should add Classical Values to the blogroll?
ReplyDeleteJust finished reading the posted link.
I vote 'YEA'.
PPG: Too late, I already had the previous one printed. :)
ReplyDeleteI guess it's one of those eternal mysteries, like how "Don't Walk On The Grass" signs get in the middle of the grass.
ReplyDeleteBare and I walk my dogs sometimes in a place where someone has one of those "NOT HERE!" dog signs - and it's near someone's door in an apartment complex, so it's not even their lawn - so you can guess what happens when we pass that place. : )
CC do you dress the dogs up for Halloween? I put my dog in a black capelike thing that has a glow in the dark skeleton on the back. Dog hates it! LOL
ReplyDeleteLOL snow (sounds cute!) - well, for the first time, my two 'boys' got t-shirts. My Corgi got "Little Terror" (and he is...he has the herding instinct from hell), and my other guy (a Basset/Corgi mix) got a trick-or-treat shirt. Other than Brett Favre jerseys, that is the extent of their wardrobe. : )
ReplyDeletePumpkin Populator Czar said...
ReplyDeleteDoes anybody else think we should add Classical Values to the blogroll?
Just finished reading the posted link.
I vote 'YEA'.
I've just finished adding Classical Values to the blogroll, and updated some of the items so they show their current entries (via RSS).
Okay, I went out on a limb and put up a thread so people could tell or make up creepy stories of the paranormal (or even good stories that just can't be explained)...if you're afraid of looking kooky, that's okay - but I'll start with a couple of mine, since I even have a personal witness who knows I'm quite balanced (yes, that would be Bare!) and who was even present for a couple of the things I'll tell you about.
ReplyDeleteJust seemed like fun. You don't have to believe in ghosts or the paranormal to participate - it's about things that you can't explain, as well.
And it's up, with the boxing glove. ; )