1. 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"}} …

2. 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. …

3. 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="CookeWheat…

4. 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 co…

5. 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 theory…

6. 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, Faraday…
   …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 …

7. 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 ev…

8. 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.…

9. 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 creosot…

10. 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 i…

11. Vaccination — 2021-08-07 23:07:23

    …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 …

12. Powered Flight — 2021-04-05 22:36:49

    …odern 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 influence…

13. 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 paraffi…

14. 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 watertigh…

15. 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 so…

16. 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 favou…

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