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Split the Atom — 2023-10-10 00:05:57
…ed the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1951. == Birth of a Bomb == The discovery of **Nuclear Fission** led to many types of experiments, not least, the **Atom Bomb**. {{Tag ids="Nuclear atom power volts generator university"}} …
Carbonated water — 2023-10-09 23:52:55
… in the process of converting sugars into low alcohol, as in [[Sparkling_Wine]]. This initial success led to further experimentation and a published paper entitled, **Impregnating Water with Fixed Air**. The paper described a means of chemical ca…
… who would ultimately bring Priestly’s science to the masses. His name was **Johann Jacob Schweppe**. After further experimentation, Schweppe was able to simplify carbonation through the application of two common compounds – sodium bicarbonate …
Vacuum Flask — 2023-10-09 23:46:28
… Dewar 1904 === The vacuum flask was invented by the Scottish physicist James Dewar (1842-1923) was also a brilliant experimental physicist. He was born at Kincardine-on-Forth [[Scotland]] on September 20, 1842 and was educated at Edinburgh Univer…
…sity. {{{toc}}} In 1875 he became professor of experimental philosophy at Cambridge and then at the Royal Institution in 1877. {{Image url="Flask.jpg" width="300" class="right"…
Stainless Steel — 2023-10-09 23:42:45
…the major downsides was erosion in weaponry. Brearley was asked to find a way to prolong the life of gun barrels. Harry experimented with several variations of his alloys, adding a small percentage of chromium and small measures of carbon. {{Image u…
Cat Eyes — 2023-10-09 23:39:36
…ed the company with £500 of capital and opened a factory beside his home in Boothtown. In 1936 Shaw conducted a public experiment at his own expense by installing fifty Catseyes on a dangerous stretch of road outside Bradford. The number of accident…
Hovercraft — 2023-10-07 09:48:35
…emed to make money and Cockerell's mind turned back to earlier ideas. He decided to use larger models on water. Initial experiments convinced Cockerell that boats could be made to float on a cushion of air, thus reducing the effect of the water drag.…
Telephone — 2023-09-23 15:57:07
…e. Watson had been tuning the metal reeds in the next room. Bell drew up a plan for the telephone and they continued to experiment. The next day he transmitted the famous words, "Mr. Watson, come here. I want you!" A few months later on Feb. 14, 1876…
Telegraph — 2023-09-23 15:56:52
… the 19th Century. He worked in his fathers music shop in Gloucester then in London developing musical instruments. His experiments with sound led him to coin the terms 'telephone' and 'microphone'. == First Telegraph 1837 == {{Image url="CookeWhea…
…ning of this first electrical telegraph success from the newspapers in New York, S F B Morse, a painter and electrical experimenter, sailed to Liverpool in May 1838 to see how the Cooke Wheatstone Telegraph worked. Morse was wanting to patent his ow…
Stereo — 2023-09-23 15:56:38
…1, and the wealthy few could use two telephones to listen in live.// >> ::c:: == Realisation == Blumlein's binaural experiments began in early 1933, and the first **stereo** discs were cut later the same year. His system for cinematic use was c…
Radio — 2023-09-23 15:56:24
…etic waves could propagate through free space. == 1886 == Heinrich Rudolf Hertz noticed a sparking phenomenon and with experiments (1887-1888) was able to demonstrate the existence of electromagnetic waves in an experiment confirming Maxwell's theor…
…etext event_date="13 May 1897", text="Marconi sent the world's first ever wireless communication over open sea." }} The experiment witnessed a message transversed over the Bristol Channel from Flat Holm Island to Lavernock Point in Penarth, a distanc…
Electric Generator — 2023-09-23 12:04:37
…fect of a current in another wire. The induction ring was the **first electric transformer**. /* In a second series of experiments in September he discovered magneto-electric induction: the production of a steady electric current. To do this, Farada…
…een the poles of a horseshoe magnet he obtained a continuous direct current. This was the **first generator**. From his experiments came devices that led to the modern electric motor, generator and transformer. */ ::c:: == First Generator == {{Image…
Custard — 2022-09-19 23:50:44
…dored custard. Alfred Bird set about trying to find a way of formulating an egg free custard for his wife. After much experimenting he found that cornflour powder would thicken to form a custard-like sauce when mixed with milk and heated. {{Image…
Antibiotics — 2021-08-20 10:41:08
…class="left" title="Penicillin Mold" width="250" }} == Rapid Growth == Other researchers started recreating Fleming’s experiments. Soon enough penicillin was being made to begin testing it on animals and then humans. In **1941**, they found that e…
Reflecting Telescope — 2021-08-14 20:51:21
…toc}}} Isaac Newton, see [[Gravity]], was born in 1642 in a manor house in [[Lincolnshire]], [[England]]. Others had experimented with the idea of a reflecting telescope including James Gregory but had not manufactured a working version. Early tel…
CT Scan — 2021-08-14 20:48:42
…ous angles and create a 3d image of the object. == Prototype == Hounsfield started with a prototype head scanner. He experimented on a preserved brain and the results were encouraging. He then used it on a cow brain from a butcher shop, eventuall…
Saline Drip — 2021-08-12 20:46:29
…atta was born in Edinburgh [[Scotland]]. He correctly ascertained that a salt solution could substitute for blood. His experiments were undertaken on five patients in the Edinburgh Cholera Hospital basing his experiments on the theories of the Irish…
…tention to begin the treatment intravenously. The patients began to respond almost immediately. The results of Latta's experiments were published in The Lancet on 23 June 1832 and this life saving solution began to gain merit. {{Image url="Catheter…
Antiseptic — 2021-08-12 20:38:14
… of the work by the French chemist, Louis Pasteur, showing the existence of micro-organisms. Lister conducted his own experiments and decided to use his findings to develop "antiseptic" techniques. == The Antiseptic == Lister was aware that creoso…
Hypodermic Syringe — 2021-08-12 20:33:54
…under the name of 'The Pravaz Syringe'. == Christopher Wren 1656 == Christopher Wren performed the earliest confirmed experiments with crude hypodermic needles, performing intravenous injection into dogs in 1656. Wren and others’ wanted to learn …
Horlicks — 2021-08-12 20:30:08
…ick snr was also involved in brewing and James junior was curious if a malted drink would be suitable for infants. They experimented in the granary at Ruardean mixing fresh milk with wort, a liquid extracted from malted barley and wheat during the br…
Light Bulb — 2021-08-09 21:56:27
…uce electric light was made in the 18th century by E.Kinnersley and later by **Humphry Davy**, an English scientist. He experimented with electricity using an immense electric battery. When he connected wires to his battery and a piece of carbon, the…
…e url="Light_bulb.gif" title="Incandescent light bulb" width="200" }}<< - 1761 : Ebenezer Kinnersley from Gloucester experimented with electrostatically charged capacitors to heat a wire to incandescence. - 1802 Humphry Davy used huge batteries …
Salicylic acid — 2021-08-08 18:32:13
…vers. == Stones Trials == {{Image url="EdwardStonePlaque.jpg" class="left" title="Edward Stone Plaque" width="" }} He experimented by gathering and drying a pound of willow bark and creating a powder. Stone gave powdered willow bark over several ye…
Vaccination — 2021-08-07 23:07:23
…nterests == He was elected '''Fellow of the Royal Society''' in 1788, following a careful study combining observation, experiment and dissection into a description of the previously misunderstood life of the cuckoo in the nest. == Cuckoo Habits == …
…ety in '''**1787**'''. == Ballooning == During his lifetime 'Hot Air Ballooning' become popular and Jenner held many experiments in this area too. == Links == [[http://www.jennermuseum.com|Jenner Museum]] [[http://www.jenner.ac.uk/about-us|Jenner…
Powered Flight — 2021-04-05 22:36:49
…e="George Cayley" Born="1773" Died="1857" }} Cayley from Scarborough [[Yorkshire ]] was an early aviation pioneer who experimented with gliders. In 1799 he set in place the concept of the modern aeroplane as a fixed-wing flying machine. {{Image url…
…="Airfoil.gif" class="left" title="Airfoil" width="200" }}He experiments led him to develop an efficient cambered airfoil and the first person to identify the four vector forces that influenc…
…mpany **in 1843 in England. Henson married and emigrated in 1849 to the United States, while Stringfellow continued to experiment with aviation. ::c:: == Steam powered flight == {{Image url="StringfellowModel.jpg" class="right" title="Model of Strin…
DNA Forensics — 2021-01-22 08:47:52
… url="alec-jeffreys2.jpg" class="right" title="Alec Jeffreys Eureka moment" width="280" }} An X-ray film image of a DNA experiment unexpectedly showed both similarities and differences between the DNA of different members of his technician's family. …
Petroleum — 2020-12-03 01:07:44
…ated from the action of heat on the coal seam and from this thought that it might be produced artificially. After many experiments Young found that by slow distillation he could obtain a number of useful liquids from it, one of which he named paraff…
Railway — 2020-11-30 12:55:52
…wo hours, reaching a speed of 24 miles per hour (39 km/h) on one stretch. The first purpose-built passenger car, dubbed Experiment, was attached, and carried dignitaries on the opening journey. It was the first time passenger traffic had been run on …
… able to purchase Tapton House, near Chesterfield, in 1838. He invested in coalmines, ironworks, and quarries, and also experimented with animal husbandry and stock breeding. ---- Stephenson died on 12 August 1848 in Chesterfield in Derbyshire. His…
Life Boat — 2020-08-17 09:00:19
…rst unsinkable boat and patented it on 2 November 1785. {{TOC}} Lukin was a coach-builder in Long Acre, London and his experiments on a Norwegian yawl led him to create his **‘unimmergible’** boat. Lukin incorporated pockets of air in watertig…
Reinforced Concrete — 2020-08-17 08:53:02
…le [[Northumberland]]. Wilkinson was looking for way of a fireproofing technique in the construction of buildings. He experimented with embedded strips of iron in concrete. {{Image url="Reinforcing-of-Concrete.jpg" class="left" title="Concrete bei…
Jet Engine — 2020-08-15 08:35:25
…e incorporated as Power Jets Ltd. in 1936 with a bank loan of £2,000. == Power Jets == Work was progressing on the experimental engine at a factory in Rugby, Warwickshire. Power Jets completed the engine, which ran successfully on **April 12th,…
…r an aircraft to test Whittles jet engine. Rover was unable to deliver the first W.1 production engine before Gloster's experimental airframe was ready. So manufacturing started at GAC Brockworth near Gloucester, but was later moved to Regent Motors…
Gravity — 2020-08-06 08:19:13
… == Newton is also credited with inventing the first known cat flap. While he was in his attic trying to conduct light experiments, his cat kept nudging the door open and letting the light in, spoiling his experiments, so he cut a hole in the door s…
Meccano — 2017-05-14 01:23:25
…d a schoolteacher Clara Walker Godefroy, they had two sons, Roland and Douglas, and a daughter, Patricia. Hornby began experimenting with ideas in his home workshop making toys for his sons in **1899** with pieces he cut from sheet metal. == Dad an…
Tank — 2016-05-16 11:27:53
…tions from people like Ernest Swinton the //Landships Committee//, established by Churchill in February 1915, conducted experiments and tests of various vehicles in its attempts to create an armoured fighting vehicle. Eventually this lead to the favo…

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