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14 May
Edward Jenner conducts his first Inoculation against smallpox
- May 14th 1796 -
May 14th 1796, Dr. Edward Jenner administered the first inoculation against the deadly disease, smallpox.
Smallpox was the greatest killer of Jenner's time...
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06 Mar
Dmitri Mendeleev Publishes his Periodic Table - 6th March 1869.
In 1869 Mendeleev published his book, “Principles of Chemistry”. He wanted to simplify the subject and, as far as he was concerned, at the heart of the subject were the elements....
date:
15 May 2017
The Antikythera Mechanism revealed as a computer
- 17th May 1902 -
A definition of a computer is often held to be a machine that is capable of performing a set of operations automatically to produce a result in the form of information. Charles...
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25 Jan
First Transcontinental Telephone Call
- January 25th 1915 -
Alexander Graham Bell in New York and Thomas Watson in San Francisco make a record telephone transmission. The New York Times said the following:
“On October 9th 1876 Alexander Graham...
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