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146 years ago, Thomas Edison entered the offices of Scientific American with a strange machine. Turning a crank on his cylinder phonograph, he astonished those present with the recording, "Good morning. How do you do? How do you like the phonograph? " It wasn’t until very recently in human history that sounds even could be recorded, and the invention of recording devices and media caused a monumental shift for society.
The history of cotton clothing has followed an interesting path, including a period of a few decades in the United States when cotton represented ingenuity, resilience, and patriotism itself.
There is a surprising, and little known, history connecting goats and the US Navy. But, then again, goats themselves have a surprising history.
