1. Split the Atom — 2023-10-10 00:05:57

   …re parts along with some wood and nails to build the world's first nuclear-particle accelerator in 1929. Rutherford had split the atom in Manchester more than ten years before. He wanted more control over the particles used to penetrate nuclei. …
   … thermionic rectifiers produced voltages around 600,000 volts. It wasn't a million volts, but it proved sufficient. The splitting of the atom was now a reality. /* event_date="14 April 1932" Cockcroft & Walton split the atom */ On the 14th Apri…

2. Aluminium — 2023-10-04 16:04:17

   …tually given by Davy replacing //alumium//. Davy was a pioneer in the field of electrolysis using the voltaic pile to split common compounds. Using this technique he isolated **sodium** and **potassium** in 1807, **magnesium** , **barium** a…

3. iPod — 2023-09-23 15:52:55

   … == Patent == He took out a worldwide patent and set up a company to develop the idea. But in 1988, after a boardroom split, he was unable to raise the £60,000 needed to renew patents across 120 countries and the technology became public prop…

4. Winston Churchill — 2023-08-27 16:11:42

   …SA **[[Jet_Engine|Jet]]**, **[[Radar]]**, **VT fuse**, the **Magnetron** (that went on to power microwave ovens) and [[Split_the_Atom| Nuclear Fission]] to allow Oppenheimer to develop the **Atomic Bomb** technology to the annoyance of the pate…

5. Plywood — 2021-08-08 18:44:16

   …f each veneer is alternated which is called cross-graining and has several benefits: it reduces the tendency of wood to split when nailed at the edges and it reduces expansion and shrinkage while improving strength. In 1797 Samuel Bentham appli…

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