Time machine.(survey of articles from Popular Mechanics, 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, and 60 years ago) From: Popular Mechanics | Date: July 1, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2002 © Hearst Communications, Inc. All Rights Reserved. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

100 Years Ago: July 1902

Make Mine Electric

Electricity had driven the mule from streetcar duty and was also rapidly displacing it from the coal mines. Electric locomotives were able to haul 500 tons at a time--a real challenge for a mule team. PM had the inside story on how this plate of ice, 16 ft. long x 9 ft. high, was produced. One of the article's headlines said it all: "All that is necessary is to extract heat from water and it becomes ice." Incidental...