On the latest episode of the podcast with readings so interesting they put you to sleep, our thirteenth and final installment from the 1898 book “Philip’s Experiments, or, Physical Science at Home,” by John Trowbridge. Philip, now an advanced student, discusses electric car technology in 1898. In contrast to a reciprocating steam engine operating at 4 to 6 cycles per second, an electric car motor spinning at 1000 rpm needs gears to reduce the car’s speed from 60 miles an hour to a manageable 18. Father reviews the years of Philip’s homeschooling: his parents laid the foundation of his moral structure at home, and can claim to have given him the investigating habit of mind. If you stay awake past the end of Philip’s Experiments, you’ll hear the remaining time filled with a few tidbits about hobbies in 1925: whittling ship models, making gesso, and using a lens to project an image for an unusual art project. You can support The Forgotten Bookshelf and get a bonus reading of an essay by Edgar Allan Poe. Please go to https://www.buymeacoffee.com/theforgottenbookshelf/extras, and thank you!

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