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19th century rolling ball chronometer
Unlike the popular pendulum clock 200 years ago, inventor William Congreve's clock measured time by the movement of a small ball.
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January 19, 2019: A genius was born, laying the foundation for the Industrial Revolution that transformed humanity.
He was a Scottish inventor and engineer. With his important improvements to the steam engine, he became a key figure in the Industrial Revolution.
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How was the world's first hydrogen balloon built?
Inspired by hot air balloons, inventor Jacques Charles decided to build a hydrogen-powered balloon, which he considered safer.
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Optical phone - device that transmits sound using light
Inventor Alexander Graham Bell had high hopes for optical telephones, envisioning that wireless communications would replace the tangled network of telephone wires.
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The battle between three brilliant inventors and unexpected results
At the end of the 19th century, three American broadcasters, Thomas Edison, Nikola Tesla and George Westinghouse engaged in a 'war' in which any of them believed they we…
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Why can astronauts still make phone calls in the vacuum of space?
In a vacuum state, of course we wouldn't be able to breathe let alone hear and make phone calls. However, when in outer space, things will be different.
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Little known facts about David Bushnell and humanity's first submarine
In the 1770s, inventor David Bushnell designed the Turtle, the world's first submarine.
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9x Vietnamese inventor makes fabric from seafood shells
A young Vietnamese-born inventor, Uyen Tran, found a way to reuse shrimp shell by-products and combine coffee grounds into a substitute for leather.
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Garrett Morgan - The Forgotten Inventor
The life of black people in a time when racism weighed heavily on American society was not easy.
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Who is David Warren that Google honored today March 20?
Today's Google Doodle 20/3/2021 honors Australian inventor - David Warren. So who is David Warren? How is life and career?
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Handheld computer pioneer dies
After more than a decade of fighting cancer, famous inventor Clive Sinclair took his last breath on September 16 at the age of 81.
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Thomas Edison's invention of the light bulb was once criticized for this reason
Thomas Edison was not the first to come up with the idea of the incandescent light bulb. He just brought it closer to human life.
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7 inventions that help the whole world understand just how great people of color are
A multitude of extremely handy inventions these days are all made by people of color.
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Plastics - are invention great or unpredictable?
The word plastic is created by Greek inventor Leo Baekeland from the Greek Plastikós, meaning
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The recluse hero invents over 40 vaccines to save the world
The orphanage and growing up during the Great Depression did not stop Maurice Hilleman's efforts,