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Imagine traveling back in time about 2,200 years, to when nothing moves faster than the speed at which muscle or wind can move it. Think about how mind-shattering it would have been to see something ...

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There was also a model area where various scale model steam engines and equipment were demonstrated. The equipment was designed and built in home shops to duplicate all of the features of the larger ...