25 Scientific Breakthroughs That Shaped the Modern World Published: February 29, 2024 by Tyler Von Harz You have likely seen the world transform itself many times over if you’re an elder Gen Z or a millennial. […]
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Gadgets Updated: July 25, 2023 by Rebecca Bales | Leave a Comment In this section will be presented some simple calculating devices, which are not so clever, to be presented in other […]
Harry Humfrey Rumble Updated: July 25, 2023 by Heather | Leave a Comment A Portrait of Harry Humfrey Rumble Harry Humfrey Rumble On 15 September, 1890, the young architect and civil engineer
Joseph Bell Alexander – Complete Biography, History, and Inventions Updated: July 26, 2023 by Rebecca Bales | Leave a Comment While many of the greatest inventors of the 19th century are known only for what’s on their patent, the truth […]
Joseph Abraham Valentine Turck Updated: July 28, 2023 by Rebecca Bales | Leave a Comment History of Computers and Computing, Mechanical calculators, 19th century, Joseph Abraham Valentine Turck Joseph Turck Joseph Abraham Valentine Turck […]
Thomas de Colmar – Complete Biography, History, and Inventions Updated: July 31, 2023 by Rebecca Bales | Leave a Comment Thomas de Colmar Who was Thomas de Colmar Charles Xavier Thomas de Colmar was a French inventor and entrepreneur renowned for developing, […]
Joseph Edmondson Updated: July 27, 2023 by Abby | Leave a Comment History of Computers and Computing, Mechanical calculators, 19th century, Joseph Edmondson : Joseph Edmondson was the inventor of a […]
Wolfgang von Kempelen – Complete Biography, History, and Inventions Updated: July 24, 2023 by Abby | Leave a Comment Wolfgang von Kempelen was a German inventor.©History-Computer.com Who Was Wolfgang von Kempelen? Wolfgang von Kempelen is a man revered for his inventions […]
Herbert Wells – Complete Biography, History and Inventions Updated: July 26, 2023 by Rebecca Bales | Leave a Comment Immediate image source: Gutenberg.org. Image published in Newcomb, A; Blackford, K.M.H.: Analyzing Character, 1922 / Public domain, from Wikimedia Commons, […]
Electromechanical Relay – History of The Electromechanical Relay Updated: July 28, 2023 by Rebecca Bales | Leave a Comment Electromechanical Relay The electromechanical relay, used as a constructive part of some early calculators and computers (see computers of Zuse, Aiken […]
Karel Čapek – Complete Biography, History, and Inventions Updated: July 31, 2023 by Abby | Leave a Comment : Karel Čapek delved into science fiction with several novels and plays including War with the Newts, published in 1936. […]
Joseph Licklider – Complete Biography, History and Inventions Updated: December 15, 2022 by Dana Mayor | Leave a Comment Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider, or “Lick”, was an American psychologist and computer science pioneer. There are many claims for the […]
Internet Updated: November 30, 2022 by Rebecca Bales | Leave a Comment When on 4th of October, 1957, the USSR launched Sputnik I (a 70 kgs bleeping sphere the size of a […]
The History of Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine, And The Birth of Computers Updated: July 24, 2023 by Rebecca Bales | Leave a Comment This is a general view of an Analytical Engine. Created by Charles Babbage, the Analytical Engine was a general-purpose, completely program-controlled, […]
Lewis Montgomery Hosea – Biography, History and Inventions Updated: July 31, 2023 by Abby | Leave a Comment : In the early 1900’s, Lewis Montgomery Hosea was a Director of the Ohio Mechanical Institute and founder of the […]
Andrew Stark – Complete Biography, History, and More Updated: July 28, 2023 by Heather | Leave a Comment The American Andrew Stark (1852-1920) from Chicago was a prolific inventor from the late 1800s and early 1900s. He was […]
Ed Oates — Complete Biography, History and Inventions Updated: November 30, 2022 by Rebecca Bales | Leave a Comment Who Is Ed Oates? Born in 1946, Edward A. Oates is an American businessman, software engineer, entrepreneur and musician. Along with […]
Amos Mendenhall – Complete Biography, History, and Inventions Updated: December 6, 2022 by Lisha Pace | Leave a Comment Who Was Amos Mendenhall? Amos Mendenhall was an American inventor that was recognized for attaining five US patents. He left a […]
León Bollée Updated: July 26, 2023 by Rebecca Bales | Leave a Comment León Bollée After the first two machines, representing the class of direct-multiplying machines of Barbour and Verea, which remained relatively unknown, […]