- Modern Farming — 2023-10-09 23:44:30
…ollege, on 7th July 1691, but appears to have taken no degree. {{{TOC}}} Jethro Tull is one of the first to propose a scientific approach to agriculture. His scientific mind and great inventions would eventually help feed the world. Jethro Tull cre…
…ated several scientific inventions for agricultural uses. == Seed Drill, 1701 == {{Image url="Tullseed.gif" class="right" title="Tull's improv… - Radar — 2023-10-08 00:18:51
…ft Bawdsey Manor and took up the post of Director of Communications Development (DCD-RAE). In 1939 Watson-Watt became Scientific Advisor on Telecommunications (SAT) to the Air Ministry. In 1940, Watson-Watt, assisted by John Randall and Henry Boot …
- LCD — 2023-09-23 15:53:09
…w interval at around room temperature and these were revealed to the world {{Datediff from="22/3/1973"}} years ago in a scientific publication on **22 March 1973**. Working in collaboration with scientists at the RRE, led by Peter Raynes, further com…
…ril Hilsum, since the university baulked at the costs and risks involved. They were then published in the peer reviewed scientific literature. In 1990 Gray moved to **Merck Chemicals.** == Turning Point == This turned the field of research on LCDs i… - Four-minute Mile — 2021-08-20 10:55:12
…953, he won British championships in the mile run. Bannister researched the mechanics of running and trained using new scientific methods he had developed. On May 6, 1954, at the Iffley Road track in Oxford [[Oxfordshire]], the annual match between…
- Dinosaur — 2021-08-12 20:42:55
…entist today. He was labelled "impudent" by teachers at Lancaster Royal Grammar School. == Megalosaurus == The first scientifically named dinosaur is **Megalosaurus** it was a large Theropod dinosaur and was the** first dinosaur skeleton ever disc…
- Match — 2021-08-09 22:35:30
…Walker Lights" width="200" }} Walker did not patent his **"Friction Light"** matches, preferring instead to pursue his scientific studies, he did not consider his invention important enough to patent. Also he did not divulge the exact composition o…
- Zoo — 2021-08-09 22:18:40
…"London" }} == London Zoo == ~-[[Society]]:[[1800s]] [[London]] Zoo [[England]] is the world's oldest zoo. Intended for scientific and conservation of wild animals. {{Image url="London_zoo_entrance.jpg" class="left" title="London zoo entrance" width=…
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This month 27 years ago the world lost P. L. Travers - 19 April 1882.
On this day 142 years ago Charles Darwin - 23 April 1616.
This month 407 years ago the world lost William Shakespeare - 05 April 1811.
This month 213 years ago the world lost Robert Raikes - 30 April 1792.
This month 231 years ago the world lost John Montagu - 11 April 2008.
This month 16 years ago the world lost Peter Hobbs - 10 April 2013.
This month 11 years ago the world lost Robert Geoffrey Edwards - 25 April 2001.
This month 22 years ago the world lost Harold Ridley - Trouser Press. 100 years ago July 8 1924 Peter Corby was born
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This month 79 years ago the world lost John Ambrose Fleming - 05 April 2012.
This month 12 years ago the world lost Jim Marshall - 200 years ago in 1824 Portland cement is patented
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