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1781: William Herschel announces discovery of Uranus, expanding the known boundaries of the Solar System for the first time in modern history. 1785: William Withering: publishes the first definitive account of the use of foxglove for treating dropsy. 1787: Jacques Charles: Charles's law of ideal gases.
Groundbreakers: the Story of Oilfield Technology and the People Who Made It Happen. UK: FastPrint. ISBN 978-178456-187-1. Maugeri, Leonardo. The Age of Oil: The Mythology, History, and Future of the World's Most Controversial Resource (2006) Mirbabayev, Miryusif F. (2008) Concise history of Azerbaijani Oil. Baku, SOCAR Publishing House, 350p.
In 1833 French chemist Anselme Payen was the first to discover an enzyme, diastase. In 1834, François Mothes and Joseph Dublanc created a method to produce a single-piece gelatin capsule that was sealed with a drop of gelatin solution. In 1853 Alexander Wood was the first physician that used hypodermic needle to dispense drugs via Injections.
Cabral was the first captain to touch four continents, leading the first expedition that connected and united Europe, Africa, the New World, and Asia. [ 120 ] [ 121 ] At the invitation of King Manuel I of Portugal, Amerigo Vespucci [ 122 ] participated as an observer in these exploratory voyages to the east coast of South America.
The first progress in combating infection in Europe was made in ... Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-rays. 1895. The first ... World War I soldiers. 1925. The first ...
French and Italian researchers discovered four skeletons and three gold coins in the ruins of an ancient shop.
This discovery would turn out to be first of many, eventually revealing the largest source of crude oil in the world. [8] For the king, oil revenues became a crucial source of wealth since he no longer had to rely on receipts from pilgrimages to Mecca. This discovery would alter Middle Eastern political relations forever.
NASA Made a World-Shaking Discovery: Compelling Evidence of Past Life on Mars. Darren Orf. August 5, 2024 at 8:00 AM. ... “We have our first compelling detection of organic material, distinctive ...