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M O S T R E M A R KA B L E B R I T I S H S C I E N T I F I C D I S C O V E R I E S A N D I N V E N T I O N S
SHARIK DOMINGUEZ
ENGLAND THROUGH LETTERS AND IMAGES
UNIVERSIDAD DEL ATLANTICO
2016 - II
ROGER BACON
13TH CENTURY
OPUS MAJOR: STUDY OF OPTICS, PROPERTIES OF MIRRORS AND LENSES
20. MAGNIFYING GLASS
SEE A MAGNIFIED IMAGE OF AN OBJECT
FOCUS SUN LIGHT TO CREATE A HOT SPOT
PROPERTIES
WILLIAM BOURNE
INVENTIONS AND DEVISES
1578
19. SUBMARINE
UNDERWATER NAVIGATION VEHICLE
COULD BE SUMERGED AND ROWED BENEATH THE SURFACE
PROPERTIES
ROBERT HOOKE
1665
FIRST INNOVATIONS IN ROYAL SOCIETY
18. DISCOVERY OF THE CELL
ESTRUCTURAL, FUNCTIONAL AND BIOLOGICAL UNIT OF ALL LIVING ORGANISMS ON EARTH
DESCRIPTION
SIR ISAAC NEWTON
1687
INNOVATION IN CLASSICAL MECHANICS’ LAWS
17. UNIVERSAL GRAVITATIONAL LAW
EDMOND HALLEY
1705
HALLEY’S COMET HAS A PERIODICITY OF 75-76 YEARS
16. HALLEY’S COMET PERIODICITY
HALLEY USED NEWTON LAWS TO CALCULATE GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS OF JUPITER AND SATURN
DESCRIPTION
OBJECTS THAT WERE OBSERVED IN 1531, 1607 AND 1682 WERE THE SAME OBJECT
HENRY MILL
1714
FIRST PATENT OF A PROTOTYPE OF A TYPEWRITER
15. TYPEWRITER
AN APPARATUS FOR IMPRESSING ON TRANSCRIBING OF LETTERS SINGLY OR PROGRESSIVELY
DESCRIPTION
HUMPHRY DAVY
1802
FIRST PROTOTYPE OF A LIGHT BULB
14. INCANDESCENT LIGHT BULB
DAVY HAD THE MOST POWERFUL ELECTRICAL BATTERY IN THE WORLD AT THE ROYAL INSTITUTION
DESCRIPTION
JOHN DALTON
1808
ADVANCES IN CHEMISTRY DURIND THE 18TH CENTURY
13. ATOMIC THEORY
EACH CHEMICAL ELEMENT IS COMPOSED OF ATOMS
THEY CAN NOT BE DESTROYED BY CHEMICAL MEANS
DESCRIPTION
KIRKPATRICK MACMILLAN
1839
FIRST PEDAL DRIVEN BICYCLE
12. PEDAL BICYCLE
IRON RIMMED WOODEN WHEELS
STEERABLE WHEEL
PEDALS VIA CONNECTING RODS
CHARACTERISTICS
ISAMBARD KINGDOM BRUNEL
1843
LONGEST PASSENGER SHIP IN THE WORLD FROM 1845 TO 1854
11. SS GREAT BRITAIN
LENGHT: 98 M
BEAM: 15.39 M
DRAUGHT: 4.9M
SPEED: 19 TO 20 KM/H
CHARACTERISTICS
CAPACITY: 360 – 730 PASSENGERS
1200 TONS OF CARGO
CHARLES DARWIN
1859
THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES DESCRIBED HIS EXPEDITIONS AND THEORIES
10. THEORY OF EVOLUTION BY NATURAL SELECTION
DARWIN DEFINED NATURAL SELECTION AS THE PRINCIPLE BY WHICH EACH SLIGHT OF VARIATION OF A TRAIT, IF USEFUL, ITS PRESERVED
DESCRIPTION
JOHN ALEXANDER REINA NEWLANDS
1864
FIRST MODEL OF THE PERIODIC TABLE
9. LAW OF OCTAVES
NEWLANDS CLASSIFIED THE SIXTY-TWO KNOWN ELEMENTS INTO EIGHT GROUPS BASED ON THEIR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
DESCRIPTION
ALEXANDER GRAHAM BELL
1876
FIRST PATENT OF A TELEPHONE IN USA
8. TELEPHONE
THE METHOD OF, AN APPARATUS FOR, TRANSMITTING VOCAL OR OTHER SOUNDS TELEGRAPHICALLY BY CAUSING ELECTRICAL UNDOLATIONS
DESCRIPTION
ROBERT WATSON-WATT
1920
FIRST PROTOTYPE OF RADAR DURING WWI AND WWII
7. RADAR
WATSON-WATT BECAME AN EXPERT ON THE USE OF RADIO DIRECTION FINDING AS PART OF HIS LIGHTNING EXPERIMENTS
DESCRIPTION
ALEXANDER FLEMING
1928
TREATMENT TO ILLNESSES CAUSED BY BACTERIAS
6. PENICILLIN
FLEMING DISCOVERED THE PENICILLIN ON THE MORNING OF FRIDAY 28 SEPTEMBER 1928 BY ACCIDENT IN HIS LABORATORY
DESCRIPTION
HENRY JOSEPH ROUND
1907
PRINCIPLE OF LEDS LIGHTS
5. ELECTROLUMINESCENCE
ROUND PASSED CURRENT THROUGH CAT’S WHISKER DETECTORS USING A VARIETY OF SUBSTANCES AND NOTICED THAT SOME GAVE OFF LIGHT
DESCRIPTION
ALAN TURING
1936 – 1937
FATHER OF INFORMATICS AND MODERN COMPUTING
4. UNIVERSAL TURING MACHINE
IS A TURING MACHINE THAT CAN SIMULATE AN ARBITRARY TURING MACHINE ON ARBITRARY INPUT
DESCRIPTION
PETER HIGGS
1964
BASEMENT OF MODERN QUANTIC PHYSICS
3. THEORY OF HIGGS BOSON
IT IS THE QUANTUM EXCITATION OF THE HIGGS FIELD, A FUNDAMENTAL FIELD OF CRUCIAL IMPORTANCE TO PARTICLE PHYSICS THEORY FIRST SUSPECTED TO EXIST DURING THE 60’S.
DESCRIPTION
SIR ROBERT GEOFFREY EDWARDS
1968 – 1978
NEW WAY TO HELP INFERTILE COUPLES TO HAVE A FAMILY
2. IN-VITRO FERTILISATION
IN 1968 EDWARDS WAS ABLE TO ACHIEVE FERTILIZATION OF A HUMAN EGG
LOUISE BROWN WAS THE FIRST TEST-TUBE BABY THAT WAS BORN BY IN VITRO FERTILIZATION
DESCRIPTION
SIR TIM BERNERS – LEE
1989 – 1990
FIRST HYPERTEXT DATABASE ON THE WORLD
1. WORLD WIDE WEB
BY CHRITSMAS 1990 BERNERS-LEE HAD BUILT ALL THE TOOLS NECCESARY FOR A WORKING WEB:
HTTP
HTML
HTTP SERVER
CERN HTTPD
DESCRIPTION