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Modern Marvels Season 13

January. 04,2006

8.1

TV-PG

| Documentary

HISTORY’s longest-running series moves to H2. Modern Marvels celebrates the ingenuity, invention and imagination found in the world around us. From commonplace items like ink and coffee to architectural masterpieces and engineering disasters, the hit series goes beyond the basics to provide insight and history into things we wonder about and that impact our lives. This series tells fascinating stories of the doers, the dreamers and sometime-schemers that create everyday items, technological breakthroughs and manmade wonders. The hit series goes deep to explore the leading edge of human inspiration and ambition.

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Modern Marvels Season 13 Full Episode Guide

Episode 60 - Wind

First Aired: December. 28,2006

Episode 59 - Christmas Tech

First Aired: December. 20,2006

Episode 58 - Tea

First Aired: December. 13,2006

Episode 57 - Snow

First Aired: December. 10,2006

Episode 56 - Engineering Disasters 20

First Aired: December. 06,2006

Engineering disasters are recalled. Included: a 2005 explosion at a BP refinery in Texas City, Texas; the American Airlines flight 587 crash in 2001; the 1982 dioxin scare in Times Beach, Mo., where dioxin was found in oil used to keep down dust on the roads; and a 2005 fire at the Praxair plant in St. Louis.

Episode 55 - Harvesting 2

First Aired: November. 29,2006

Episode 54 - Wine

First Aired: November. 29,2006

Episode 53 - Breakfast Tech

First Aired: November. 28,2006

Episode 52 - The Supermarket

First Aired: November. 15,2006

Episode 51 - Tobacco

First Aired: November. 08,2006

Episode 50 - Tomcat Sunset

First Aired: November. 01,2006

Episode 49 - World's Strongest

First Aired: October. 18,2006

Episode 48 - Distilleries 2

First Aired: October. 11,2006

Episode 47 - Ink

First Aired: October. 04,2006

Episode 46 - Stealth & Beyond: Sea Stealth

First Aired: September. 27,2006

Episode 45 - Stealth & Beyond: Air Stealth

First Aired: September. 27,2006

Episode 44 - Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway

First Aired: September. 26,2006

Episode 43 - Cities of the Underworld

First Aired: September. 21,2006

Episode 42 - Freight Trains

First Aired: September. 20,2006

Episode 41 - Renewable Energy

First Aired: September. 20,2006

Episode 40 - Horsepower

First Aired: September. 20,2006

Episode 39 - Building In The Name Of God

First Aired: September. 18,2006

Episode 38 - Shotguns

First Aired: September. 17,2006

Episode 37 - Copper

First Aired: September. 13,2006

A history of copper examines its characteristics, how it is mined and its uses, particularly in the electronics industry. Included: copper in plumbing; and in roofs and sculptures. Also: a trip to a bell foundry.

Episode 36 - The Cola Wars

First Aired: September. 07,2006

Episode 35 - Water

First Aired: September. 06,2006

Episode 34 - Levees

First Aired: August. 30,2006

Episode 33 - Mummy Tech

First Aired: August. 23,2006

Episode 32 - Batteries

First Aired: August. 03,2006

Episode 31 - Rube Goldberg

First Aired: August. 03,2006

Episode 30 - Making Medieval Armor

First Aired: August. 03,2006

Episode 29 - Classic Cars

First Aired: August. 03,2006

Episode 28 - Nuts

First Aired: August. 02,2006

Episode 27 - The AK-47

First Aired: July. 28,2006

Episode 26 - Super Tools: Skyscraper

First Aired: July. 28,2006

Episode 25 - World's Biggest Machines 5

First Aired: July. 26,2006

A wind tunnel with forty foot diameter fans... a flight simulator that's eight stories high... a joy ride that makes Big Ben look small... a machine the pulls super film ten miles long on a two hundred pound reel... a mower that can cut your lawn in seconds... and a three hundred thousand pound rock eater.

Episode 24 - Boneyard: Where Machines End Their Lives

First Aired: July. 26,2006

Episode 23 - Pirate Tech

First Aired: July. 12,2006

Episode 22 - High Explosives

First Aired: July. 03,2006

Episode 21 - American Eats Special

First Aired: July. 02,2006

Episode 20 - BBQ Tech

First Aired: June. 28,2006

Episode 19 - Money

First Aired: June. 19,2006

Episode 18 - Heavy Metals

First Aired: June. 14,2006

Episode 17 - Copper Kings

First Aired: June. 12,2006

Episode 16 - Ben Franklin Tech

First Aired: May. 25,2006

Episode 15 - 80s Tech

First Aired: May. 24,2006

Episode 14 - Drilling

First Aired: May. 10,2006

Drilling and drill technology are explored. Included: tunnel-boring, robotic and laser drills.

Episode 13 - Shovels

First Aired: May. 03,2006

Episode 12 - Hi-Tech Hitler

First Aired: May. 02,2006

Episode 11 - Insulation

First Aired: April. 26,2006

Episode 10 - Engineering Disasters 19

First Aired: March. 22,2006

Engineering disasters are recalled. Included: the sinking of SS Edmund Fitzgerald in 1975 in Lake Superior; two Boeing 737 crashes; and a diesel-fuel leak.