1. MRI Scan — 2021-08-20 11:04:59

   …r" width="" }} Sir Peter’s early work was in Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), then being used to study the chemical structure of substances. He joined the Department of Physics, University of Nottingham, in 1964, and by the early 1970s was worki…

2. DNA — 2021-08-14 21:04:12

   …b Cambridge" width="400" }} They proposed that the DNA molecule takes the shape of a double helix, an elegantly simple structure that resembles a gently twisted ladder. The rails of the ladder are made of alternating units of phosphate and the suga…

3. Guillotine — 2021-08-09 22:22:29

   …ngland]] with the **'Halifax Gibbet'** around 1280. == The Halifax Gibbet == The Halifax Gibbet was a menacing wooden structure made of two wooden uprights, with an horizontal beam and braces, standing 15ft tall. The cutting blade was axe shaped w…

4. Light Bulb — 2021-08-09 21:56:27

   …y 1889, 10 years after the patent, there were only 710 customers. The problem was that electricity and its support infrastructure cost too much and, of course, had to be installed. Ten more years later, after electricity costs had come down, there …

5. Industrial Revolution — 2021-08-08 21:48:46

   …tion of improving the art of smelting iron. To demonstrate the wonder of this material he built the **largest cast iron structure** ever seen. This **world first iron bridge** is over the river Severn at a place now called Ironbridge. This bridge is…

6. Salicylic acid — 2021-08-08 18:32:13

   … of dried willow bark as a remedy for fevers and agues. This landmark paper is the basis for the discovery and chemical structure of aspirin, and the development of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, aka NSAIDs, that are still useful after {{Dat…

7. Underwater Tunnel — 2020-10-11 23:44:16

   …side, Marc Brunel had the 50 foot wide and 42 foot high shaft built on top of a 25-ton iron hoop, at ground level. This structure was then sunk into the soft earth under its own weight! Crowds came everyday to see the shaft disappearing into the gr…

8. Life Boat — 2020-08-17 09:00:19

   …��** boat. Lukin incorporated pockets of air in watertight bulkheads using cork and other lightweight materials in the structure, including a false iron keel adding weight to help keep the boat upright. == First Lifeboat == {{Image url="LifeBoatU…

9. Sinoatrial Node — 2020-08-15 18:08:00

   …e beautiful cherry orchards near their cottage in [[Kent]]. Upon their return, Flack excitedly showed Keith a wonderful structure he had discovered in the right auricle of the mole, just where the superior vena cava enters that chamber. == The Ans…
   …="Sir_Arthur_Keith.jpg" class="left" title="Sir Arthur Keith 1866–1955" width="" }} Keith quickly realised that this structure closely resembled the atrioventricular node as described by Sunao Tawara earlier that year. Further anatomical studies …
   …confirmed the same structure in other hearts, which they named the **sino‐auricular node.** The discovery of the sinus node or **SA** node, the …

10. Paternoster — 2018-09-18 13:06:34

    …finest and most influential architectural design of its age. One of the first office buildings to use an iron framework structure, its innovative design had a considerable influence on office buildings across the world, inspiring John Root's early C…

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