Modern Marvels Lube Job DVD

• Additional Details
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
• Rating: Not Rated
• Number of Discs: 1
• Run Time: 50 Minutes
• Region: Region 1
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Language: English
• Studio: History Channel
• DVD Release Date: August 10, 2005

From tallow to hyper-sophisticated synthetics, see how the world is literally kept spinning.

• From the corner garage to the space shuttle, discover the secrets of spin.
• For over a decade, MODERN MARVELS has brought grand stories to life.
• The ultimate celebration and investigation of engineering excellence.

Celebrating ingenuity, invention and imagination brought to life on a grand scale, MODERN MARVELS® tells the fascinating stories of the doers, dreamers and sometime-schemers who created everyday items, technological breakthroughs and man-made wonders.

From ancient Egyptian chariot wheels to computer hard disks, machinery can't function without lubricants. And in today's technology, there are a mind-boggling number of friction points that must be lubed, and a staggering number of lubricants--petroleum motor oils that keep car engines from burning up, synthetic greases that stay put in the zero gravity of space, and solid coatings that prevent eggs from sticking to a pan.

LUBE JOB reveals how these marvels of chemistry work and peers into the future to see the next generation of low friction, where air takes the place of grease.