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<p>Good morning. It is a long weekend in some places and a wet one in most, so this edition leans toward pieces you can settle into.</p>
<p><b>The pencil, at length.</b> Henry Petroski wrote a whole book about the pencil and this essay is the argument for why that was a reasonable thing to do. Graphite, cedar, the Napoleonic wars and a factory in Nuremberg that still runs.</p>
<p><b>Why bridges hum.</b> A short explanation of vortex shedding from an engineer who spent a career listening to cables.</p>
<p><b>The last typewriter repairman in Mumbai.</b> A profile that is really about what it means to keep a trade going after the trade has gone.</p>
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Good morning. It is a long weekend in some places and a wet one in most,
so this edition leans toward pieces you can settle into. A long piece on
the history of the pencil, a short one on why bridges hum, and three more.

THE PENCIL, AT LENGTH. Henry Petroski wrote a whole book about the pencil
and this essay is the argument for why that was a reasonable thing to do.

WHY BRIDGES HUM. A short explanation of vortex shedding from an engineer
who spent a career listening to cables.

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