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George Everest was responsible for the great trigonometrical survey of India, but it is for the peak that bears his name that he is remembered. Despite this, he never saw the world’s largest mountain.
George Everest George Everest, the eldest son and third of six children of William and Lucetta Everest, was born on [...] For Charles Goodyear, the inventor of vulcanized rubber, life was always a struggle. But even frequent incarceration in debtors’ prisons did not stop him achieving his goal of perfecting the rubber manufacturing process. Unfortunately, he never benefited financially from his hard work.
Charles Goodyear Charles Goodyear was born on 29 December 1800 in New [...] The first five articles in my Elements of the Periodic Table series have been moved to pages on this site from their old home at Triond. The articles cover the following elements. Hydrogen (H) Helium (He) Lithium (Li) Beryllium (Be) Boron (B) More elements will follow soon. On 13 March 1930 astronomers at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona telegraphed the Harvard College Observatory with the news of the discovery of a new planet, the first since Neptune in 1846. The discovery had been made on 18 February by Clyde Tombaugh less than a year after he had been assigned the [...]
Henry Cavendish Today marks the 200th anniversary of the death of Henry Cavendish. During the 18th century he conducted a series of highly accurate experiments, in chemistry and physics, leading to discoveries such as hydrogen and the density of the Earth. Cavendish was born on 10 October 1731 in Nice, France. He was the [...] |
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