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Kirlian photograph of two coins. Kirlian photography is a collection of photographic techniques used to capture the phenomenon of electrical coronal discharges.It is named after Soviet scientist Semyon Kirlian, who, in 1939, accidentally discovered that if an object on a photographic plate is connected to a high-voltage source, an image is produced on the photographic plate. [1]
Semyon Davidovich Kirlian (/ ˈ k ɜːr l i ə n /; Russian: Семён Давидович Кирлиан; Armenian: Սիմոն Կիրլյան; 20 February 1898 – 4 April 1978) was a Soviet inventor and researcher of Armenian descent, who along with his wife Valentina Khrisanfovna Kirlian (Russian: Валентина Хрисанфовна Кирлиан; 1904—1971), a teacher and ...
Edison in 1861. Thomas Edison was born in 1847 in Milan, Ohio, but grew up in Port Huron, Michigan, after the family moved there in 1854. [8] He was the seventh and last child of Samuel Ogden Edison Jr. (1804–1896, born in Marshalltown, Nova Scotia) and Nancy Matthews Elliott (1810–1871, born in Chenango County, New York).
German scientist Johann Philipp Reis invented the Microphone: 1862: Scottish physicist James Clerk Maxwell published the four equations bearing his name 1866: The Transatlantic telegraph cable: 1873: Belgian engineer Zenobe Gramme who developed the DC generator accidentally discovered that a DC generator also works as a DC motor during an ...
He invented a method that, he said, could treat virtually all forms of cancer, [1] with no side effects, and without the need for surgery or medication. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ needs update ] He also demonstrated a device that generated flammable hydrogen-containing gas from salt-water-solution by the use of radiowaves.
Scientists have completed the construction of the world’s biggest camera after two decades of work.. The 3,200 megapixel Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST) Camera weighs 3 metric tons and ...
The following is a list of people who are considered a "father" or "mother" (or "founding father" or "founding mother") of a scientific field.Such people are generally regarded to have made the first significant contributions to and/or delineation of that field; they may also be seen as "a" rather than "the" father or mother of the field.
Josef Popper (1838–1921), Austria – discovered the transmission of power by electricity. Aleksandr Porokhovschikov (1892–1941), Russia – Vezdekhod (the first prototype tank, or tankette, and the first caterpillar amphibious ATV) Ignazio Porro (1801–1875), Italy – Porro prism, strip camera