The invention of the first airplane is generally attributed to Clément Ader , French engineer and brilliant inventor. If he is considered one of the pioneers of aviation, he is far from being the only one to have contributed to the development of the plane, a machine which revolutionized the militar
The Montgolfier brothers invented the first hot air balloon. On June 4, 1783, they made history by air in their hot air balloon made of canvas and paper. Three months later, the two brothers presented their balloon to King Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette:the gondola carried a duck, a rooster and a s
The discovery of oil dates back to antiquity. Wherever the oil-bearing rocks were exposed, bitumen was used as insulation. The Egyptians also used oil for mummification, the Mesopotamians as cosmetics and lighting fuel. The oil industry was officially born one day in the summer of 1859 when engineer
The Invention of the Light Bulb is generally attributed to Thomas Edison , who designs and then markets, on October 21, 1879 , a bulb whose filament is carbonized cotton fiber. But its actually a certain Joseph Swan , whose anteriority is recognized following a lawsuit, which was at the origin of t
The invention or rather the mastery of fire was done very gradually, and over a very long period of time. For a long time it was thought that fire appeared at the time of Homo erectus 500,000 years ago and that its use had developed under Homo sapiens. Recent research in Africa has revealed traces o
The invention of electricity , or rather the development of the science of electrification phenomena, was materialized by Coulombs law (1785), allowing Volta to create the first electric battery (1800) then to Thomas Edison to light up factories and homes (1879). If the electrical phenomena have alw
The electric battery is a direct current generator device discovered and invented by Count Alessandro Volta , Italian physicist. Starting from a phenomenon discovered by Galvani, Volta studies the electrical tensions which are established between different metals and develops an accumulator capable
The wind was with water the first source of energy exploited by man. The first windmill first appeared in the East, in Ancient Egypt and in Persia where it was exploited for irrigation from the year 600 BC. The wings are arranged radially on a vertical axis. The idea of this type of mill will be t
When was the first water mills still unknown? but it is very likely that the latter are the result of improvements made to the noria used in the Near East for irrigation. Archimedes reflections on gears in the 3rd century BC announce the manufacture of the drive mechanisms that came to equip the fir
In the late 1930s, it was discovered that breaking atomic nuclei of uranium caused a reaction that released a energy incredible, capable of destroying all of humanity or generating electricity. Supported by a vast industry, nuclear has continued to develop since the 1970s. Today, approximately 15% o
The number zero was first used by the Babylonians during the second millennium BC, before being reinvented by the Mayans and then by the Hindus. But it is the Arabs who will integrate it into their numbering system, to spread it throughout Europe during the tenth century. Quickly essential in mathem
No, its not that damn Charlemagne “who had this crazy idea, one day to invent the school ”. If the emperor encouraged its development, it has almost always existed, and above all has been reinvented many times to lead to our current educational system. From antiquity, human societies began to set up
The Invention of Paper is attributed to the Chinese, who developed it around the year 100 from mulberry bark and exploited it for nearly five centuries before introducing it to Japan around the year 610. The process is relatively simple:first, the dissolution of the raw material in water, in the for
French physicist Nicéphore Niépce is considered one of the inventors of photography, having immortalized views from his window by sensitizing Judean bitumen on tin. Later his compatriot Louis Daguerre invents the first reliable photography process which will be presented to the Academy of Sciences i
On January 22, 1891, the steamer Augusta Victoria set off from Cuxhaven on a pleasure trip to the Mediterranean. The tour will later go down in history as the first cruise. On January 22, 1891, a distinguished company set sail from Cuxhaven on board the Augusta Victoria. The travelers do not want t
Sailing ships:what distinguishes the different types? Barque or brig, schooner or full-rigged ship:An overview of the most important types of sailing ships and their characteristics: Brig :Two-masted sailing ship with square sails (=rectangular or trapezoidal sails) on both masts and an additional
The skipper Hermann Haak paid 6,600 marks in 1912 for the so-called Ewer, a flat-bottomed cargo ship. He christens the two-master in the name of his wife Wilhelmine. Cargo gliders were not uncommon at that time:Around 2,000 Ewer were sailing on the Elbe at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries, an
On May 5, 1937, the National Socialists christened a cruise ship for the masses with the Wilhelm Gustloff. Eight years later, a submarine sinks the Nazi ship with thousands of refugees on board. Gleaming white, more than 208 meters long and luxuriously equipped with a swimming pool and sun deck:Whe
For decades, the cargo ship Tinka sailed the seven seas - before it set out for new shores under the name of the Norwegian explorer and adventurer Thor Heyerdahl. Even in Corona times, it welds students together into crews. Tinka is the name of the ship that was launched in Westerbroek, the Netherl
Once a highly modern icebreaker, later a refugee ship, today a technical cultural monument:the Stettin looks back on an eventful past. When the Stettin came into service on November 16, 1933, she was the largest icebreaker under the German flag. The Szczecin Chamber of Commerce and Industry had the
A few weeks ago and on the occasion of the conversion of Hagia Sophia into a mosque, Greek nationalists called via social media for intervention for the conversion of Kemals house in Thessaloniki into a church. Exactly 55 years ago, a falsified news story published in the newspaper Instabul Ekspres
Everyone has heard about pirates - dangerous bandits attacking ships with pure gold and precious objects in their holds. Boardings, pirate eye-patches, parrots etc. And all this in the paradise scenery of the Caribbean Islands. However, we do not have to go that far, because at the turn of the 14th
They wander in clusters, unlike humans, making sounds that barely resemble human speech. They have twisted animal faces, cropped hair and blank eyes, wrote a terrified Malcolm Muggeridge in the 1930s. What beasts must the British journalist living in Moscow mean? I saw them in Moscow and Lenin
Is it possible for a 6-year-old child to survive in the forest without any support? That it would adapt among the front soldiers and engage itself in warfare? The example of little Sergius shows that it is! Although his childhood was far from what could be called normal, he went down in history as t