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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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