Science and Technology

THE STEAM ENGINE (1698-1776) JAMES WATT et al

You would be forgiven for picturing Hogwarts Express when you saw the words ‘steam engine’. This is because locomotives are by far the...

THE INTERNET/WORLD WIDE WEB (1962-1995) CERF & KAHN, BERNERS LEE et al

Here’s an interesting thought, just imagine yourself going about the course of a normal day. Now estimate just how much of that waking...

THE LIGHT BULB (1878) - THOMAS EDISON et al

It’s an unfortunate fact that many brilliant inventors of the past never really got the attention or recognition they deserved for their...

THE INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE - (1600-1885)

Now this is an invention that we can all appreciate. No matter you’re feeling towards engineering, physics or even science on the whole,...

IS IT A BIRD? IS IT A PLANE?......YES - AEROPLANE (1903)

While it isn’t exactly fair to rate an invention by how cool it is, you can’t help but notice that the aeroplane is regardless, really,...

OPTICAL LENSES - (LATE 13TH CENTURY)

For the avid readers and academics among us, it can seem pretty cruel that our eyesight isn’t always as perfect as we’d like it to be....

'YOU CAN COUNT ON ME' - THE ABACUS (c.500 BC)

Maths – the very word itself is enough to send a chill down your spine. To hear it is to be instantly reminded of long school days and...

''CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?'' - THE TELEPHONE (1876)

Sometimes you really have to stop and pinch yourself when it comes to a technology like the telephone. Honestly, how crazy is it that we...

'NEWS OF THE WORLD' - THE PRINTING PRESS (MID 15TH CENTURY)

As much as we all like a good moan about our days at school and college, we humans really do have a built in thirst for knowledge. New...

BIG WHEELS KEEP ON TURNIN' - THE WHEEL (c.3500 BC)

Yeah you probably saw this one coming. When it comes to the phrase, ‘great inventions’ it’s a safe bet that most of us will be thinking...

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