Wednesday, May 14, 2008

SciTech Spotlight

On this day in 1853 Gail Borden invented his process for condensed milk.

Monday, May 12, 2008

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On this day in 1885, Ottmar Mergenthaler received a patent for a machine for producing printing bars .

Sunday, May 11, 2008

SciTech Spotlight

Nobel laureate Antony Hewish was born on this day in 1924.

Saturday, May 10, 2008

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On this day in 1752 Benjamin Franklin first tested his first lightning rod.

Friday, May 9, 2008

SciTech Spotlight

Edward Weston, an electrical engineer and industrialist who founded the Weston Electrical Instrument Company., was born on this day in 1850.

Thursday, May 8, 2008

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Wednesday, May 7, 2008

SciTech Spotlight

On this day in 1878 a fire escape ladder was patented by Joseph Winters.

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

SciTech Spotlight

Jean Senebier, a naturalist and botanist who demonstrated that green plants consume carbon dioxide and release oxygen under the influence of light, was born on this day in 1742.

Monday, May 5, 2008

Sunday, May 4, 2008

SciTech Spotlight

On this day in 1733, mathematician Jean-Charles de Borda was born.

Friday, May 2, 2008

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Heinrich Gustav Magnus, chemist and physicist, was born on this day in 1802.

Thursday, May 1, 2008

SciTech Spotlight

Physicist Gersh Budker, was born on this day in 1918.