- Reflecting Telescope — 2021-08-14 20:51:21
…" }} Newton’s reflecting telescope is the first fully functional reflecting telescope. {{{toc}}} Isaac Newton, see [[Gravity]], was born in 1642 in a manor house in [[Lincolnshire]], [[England]]. Others had experimented with the idea of a ref…
…long, it remained the largest telescope in the world until 1917, {{datediff from="1845" to="1917"}} years. {{tag ids="Gravity Galileo"}}… - Saline Drip — 2021-08-12 20:46:29
…C}} Intravenous therapy (IV) is a method of rehydration that delivers fluids directly into a vein via a syringe. Using gravity the fluid is held in an elevated bag and //drips// through tubing into the vein. {{Image url="SalineDrip.jpg" class="l…
- Powered Flight — 2021-04-05 22:36:49
…red airfoil and the first person to identify the four vector forces that influence an aircraft: thrust, lift, drag, and gravity. He successfully flew a gliding aircraft in **1804** and later there are reports that he transported his butler acros…
- Float Glass — 2020-12-08 00:24:27
…lass that has been rolled flat onto a bath of molten tin. The molten glass then flows unhindered under the influence of gravity maintained at a high temperature so the glass is flexible and settles into perfect flat glass. == Old glass == Ribbon …
- Gravity — 2020-08-06 08:19:13
…Gravity :: {{Databox caption="Creator" Image="IsaacNewton.jpg" Who="Isaac Newton" width="300" birth_date="25/12/1642" birth_pla…
…}} === Sir Isaac Newton 1687 === ~- [[CategoryScience]]::[[1600s]] Sir Isaac Newton created the **'''Universal Law of Gravity'''** inspired by a falling apple in 1665. Isaac Newton was born in 1642 in a manor house in [[Lincolnshire]], [[Englan…
…Apple_falling.gif" class="right" }} When he saw the apple fall, Newton began to think about a specific kind of motion—gravity. Newton understood that gravity was the force of attraction between two objects. He also understood that an object with…