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Aurel Persu (1890–1977), Romania – first aerodynamic car, aluminum body with wheels included under the body, 1922; Vladimir Petlyakov (1891–1942), Russia – heavy bomber; Julius Richard Petri (1852–1921), Germany – Petri dish; Peter Petroff (1919–2004), Bulgaria – digital wrist watch, heart monitor, weather instruments
Henry Fox Talbot (1800–1877) invented the salt print and calotype photographic processes J.J. Thomson (1856–1940), mass spectrometer Jethro Tull (1674–1740), horse-drawn seed drill
The Lower Paleolithic period lasted over 3 million years, during which there many human-like species evolved including toward the end of this period, Homo sapiens.The original divergence between humans and chimpanzees occurred 13 (), however interbreeding continued until as recently as 4 Ma, with the first species clearly belonging to the human (and not chimpanzee) lineage being ...
Engineers during World War Two test a model of a Halifax bomber in a wind tunnel, an invention that dates back to 1871.. The following is a list and timeline of innovations as well as inventions and discoveries that involved British people or the United Kingdom including the predecessor states before the Treaty of Union in 1707, the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland.
[120] [121] As the first person to commercialize Pope's invention, Edwin Holmes acquired Pope's patent rights in 1857 for US$1,500. [122] 1853 Potato chips. Potato chips, also known as crisps in British English, are thin slices of potato that are deep fried or baked until crispy. Potato chips serve as an appetizer, side dish, or snack.
Harper Rose (played by Annie Ilonzeh) a drifter and opportunistic con artist who first appears as a person of interest when she tries to independently double-cross both a drug cartel and The Brotherhood. At the end of the episode "Skip", it is revealed that The Machine is starting to anonymously use her as an asset.
Jenny Body, aerospace engineer and former president of the Royal Aeronautical Society [9] Matthew Boulton (1728–1809), partner in the steam engineering manufacturing firm Boulton and Watt, and inventor of a steam-driven coin press [10] James Brindley (1716–1772), pioneering engineer of canals and aqueducts [11]
1800: Italian physicist Alessandro Volta invented the battery 1804: Thomas Young: Wave theory of light, Vision and color theory: 1808: Atomic theory by John Dalton: 1816: English inventor Francis Ronalds built the first working electric telegraph: 1820: Danish physicist Hans Christian Ørsted accidentally discovered that an electric field ...