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Calendar of Discovery and Invention - Nature
Nature· 19 hours agoFebruary 14, 1748.—The two great discoveries of Bradley were those of aberration and nutation. Both resulted from his attempt to determine the parallax of the stars. Aberration was discovered ...
Calendar of Scientific Pioneers - Nature
Nature· 19 hours agoAugust 25, 1814. Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count von Rumford, died.—The founder of the Royal Institution and of the Rumford medals of the Royal Society and the American Academy of Sciences, Rumford ...
Calendar of Industrial Pioneers - Nature
Nature· 18 hours agoDecember 18, 1888. Joseph James Coleman died.—One of the pioneers of the cold storage industry, Coleman was first a teacher of chemistry and then chemical engineer to Young's Paraffin Works, ...
Calendar of Nature Topics - Nature
Nature· 18 hours agoAugust 20.—Blackgame Shooting Begins The heath-fowl or black grouse (Lyrurus tetrix) in Great Britain has been granted annually eight days longer respite from the guns than its relative the ...
Calendar of Scientific Pioneers - Nature
Nature· 19 hours agoAugust 19, 1662. Blaise Pascal died.—A religious philosopher, mathematician, and physicist, the author of the “Provincial Letters” and the “Pensees,” Pascal spent the earlier part of his life ...
Calendar of Patent Records - Nature
Nature· 19 hours agoJanuary 21, 1630.—The first patent to contain a direct proposal to raise water by fire was granted in England to David Ramsey, one of the grooms of the Privy Chamber, on Jan. 21, 1630. The patent ...
Calendar of Industrial Pioneers - Nature
Nature· 18 hours agoJohn Loudon McAdam died.—The great improver of road-making, McAdam began his experiments in Ayrshire, continued them at Falmouth, where he was a contractor for the Navy, and in 1815 was made ...
Calendar of Scientific Pioneers - Nature
Nature· 16 hours agoOctober 13, 1866. William Hopkins clied.—The Cambridge tutor of Tait, Maxwell, Kelvin, and Stokes, Hopkins, in 1850, received the Wollaston medal for his researches on the application of mathematics ...
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Belfast Live via Yahoo News UK· 1 day ago-Credit: (Image: Brian Lawless/PA Wire) The biggest day in the Northern Irish parading calendar is...
Calendar of Industrial Pioneers - Nature
Nature· 18 hours agoDecember 24, 1872.—William John Macqueen Rankine died.—The author of a series of valuable engineering text-books, Rankine was a distinguished engineer and physicist, and with Clausius and Kelvin ...
