Sept. 16, 1736: One Degree of Separation — Fahrenheit Dies
The inventor of the mercury thermometer and the Fahrenheit scale gives up the heat. The post Sept. 16, 1736: One Degree of Separation — Fahrenheit Dies appeared first on This Day In Tech.
View ArticleFeb, 11, 1939: Lise Meitner, ‘Our Madame Curie’
1939: Austrian-born physicist Lise Meitner publishes her discovery that atomic nuclei split during some uranium reactions. Her research will be overlooked by the Nobel committee when it awards a prize...
View ArticleAug. 13, 1913: Great Alloyed Victory for Stainless Steel
English metallurgist Harry Brearley casts a steel alloy that’s resistant to acidity and weathering. Because his sponsor names it “stainless steel,” Brearley will often be credited as the inventor, but...
View ArticleMay 13, 1637: Cardinal Richelieu Makes His Point
1637: Perhaps weary of watching dinner guests picking their teeth with the points of their daggers, Cardinal Richelieu orders the blades of his dinnerware to be ground down and rounded off. Et voilà,...
View ArticleMay 31, 2006: Pirate Bay Raided, Shuttered
2006: Swedish police raid The Pirate Bay website and shut it down. “Pirate Bay was a huge source of pirated films for people around the world, and today they are no longer.” That was a statement issued...
View ArticleJuly 1, 1858: Darwin and Wallace Shift the Paradigm
The Linnaean Society of London listens to the reading of a composite paper on how natural selection accounts for the evolution and variety of species. The authors are Charles Darwin and Alfred Russel...
View ArticleOct. 10, 1861: The Journey Begins for Nansen
Fridtjof Nansen is born. He will become a towering figure in Arctic exploration, the natural sciences and international diplomacy. The post Oct. 10, 1861: The Journey Begins for Nansen appeared first...
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