1. Cat Eyes — 2023-10-09 23:39:36

   …polished strips of steel to navigate. The name '''cat's eye''' comes from Shaw's inspiration for the device: the light reflecting from the eyes of a cat. In 1934, he patented his invention (patent No. 436,290 and 457,536), and on **March 15, 1935**,…
   … founded Reflecting Roadstuds Limited in Halifax to manufacture the items. The name //Catseye// was their trademark. == Improved Safety ==…
   …er rival models either broke during the trial or were deemed to be ineffective. == Wartime Solution == Nonetheless '''Reflecting Roadstuds''' found it difficult to drum up orders until **World War II** when driving at night became even more perilou…

2. Reflecting Telescope — 2021-08-14 20:51:21

   …e construction of the **Leviathan of Parsonstown** otherwise known as the **Rosse six-foot telescope**. This was a huge reflecting telescope of **72 inches.** Up to this point the biggest reflectors were only 30 inches. It was built by **William Pars…

3. Gravity — 2020-08-06 08:19:13

   …oved that the planets revolve around the sun, not the earth as people thought at the time. This led Newton to improve [[Reflecting_Telescope| Telescopes]]. But no one had been able to explain why the planets stayed in their orbits. == Enter the App…

4. Theodolite — 2017-07-05 08:57:22

   …world's attention. As well as being a cartographer his father was an inventor. Digges also independently invented the reflecting telescope, or the refracting telescope as part of his theodolite to improve the accuracy over long distances of his sur…

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