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How gyroscopes got so small [video](youtube.com)
74 points by surprisetalk | 34 comments
A Primal Space YouTube video explaining the history and engineering of how gyroscopes were miniaturized, starting from a 1914 Paris aviation demonstration.
#engineering-history on Hacker News
3 stories tagged engineering-history, newest first.
Ask HN: Books about people who did hard things
406 points by zachlatta | 353 comments
Ask HN thread requesting book recommendations about how hard things like industries and major projects actually got built.
Fast(patrickcollison.com)
799 points by valtism | 273 comments
Patrick Collison's list of historical examples of people quickly accomplishing ambitious projects, like BankAmericard, the P-80 Shooting Star, and Marinship.