Francis J. Stokes (1873-1955) was a graduate of Haverford College who, after serving a year as an apprentice to Robert Shoemaker, a machinist in Philadelphia, purchased the firm and renamed it the F.

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President Gerald R. Ford presented replicas of skis owned by Teddy Roosevelt to the Colorado Ski Museum in Vail, the Vail Trail reported. The event was “celebrating TR’s newly recognized prominence as ...

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The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. The first Iowa car license plates were circular seals made of aluminum, about 2 inches in diameter, ...

Explore the precision and technique behind machining a mounting plate using a chuck on a metal lathe, an essential process in engine mounting and industrial fabrication. This video provides a ...

(WLUK) -- An organization that promotes peace is requesting a new specialty license plate from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation Division of Motor Vehicles. Rotary International is a service ...

“One of the most sensational inventions of the day is considered to be the Telephone, whereby sound can be conveyed to long distances by wire, like a telegram.” So declared The Straits Times on May 12 ...

The first time I stepped onto a vibrating plate, I was reminded of vintage ads for the Mueller Exercise Belt—an archaic fat-jigging machine used by 1940s housewives to allegedly keep a svelte figure.