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| Thread ID: 100552 | 2009-06-12 01:28:00 | 10 scientific objects that changed the world | Jen (38) | PC World Chat |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 781633 | 2009-06-13 21:17:00 | What about the wheel. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 781634 | 2009-06-13 22:36:00 | Which is my point, Myth. Re-read my post.... | johcar (6283) | ||
| 781635 | 2009-06-13 23:05:00 | What about the wheel. :) So true,what about ice cream too? |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 781636 | 2009-06-13 23:19:00 | So true,what about ice cream too? +1 And chocolate :punk Being realistic now: The Telegraph. |
davidmmac (4619) | ||
| 781637 | 2009-06-13 23:39:00 | Yes I did, but why didn't they list it as the Steam Engine in their poll instead of Thompson's Atmospheric Engine (what the hell is that). (I had always thought James Watt invented the steam engine.) I just looked at Wikepedia and they don't even mention Thompson's !) Jen probably added "Thompson's" as the original poll just mentions him as the builder of the example shown, the atmospheric (steam) engine was invented by Newcomen and improved by Watt |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 781638 | 2009-06-14 00:25:00 | Yes, Thompson's was a Newcomen type steam engine. It started a process of development which led to the 747 jet airliner. Beam engine, reciprocating steam engine, triple expansion steam engine, Parsons turbine steam engine (ref Turbinia 1897), triple expansion turbine steam engine, and gas turbine engine which brings us into the modern times. A world changer? You bet! :thumbs: | Richard (739) | ||
| 781639 | 2009-06-14 05:53:00 | Jen probably added "Thompson's" as the original poll just mentions him as the builder of the example shown, the atmospheric (steam) engine was invented by Newcomen and improved by WattNo, I just copied and pasted from the New Scientist website titles. They must have changed the title since then? I will edit my poll to remove the "Thompson's" part. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 781640 | 2009-06-14 06:01:00 | I should add I voted for penicillin. It prevented so many unnecessary deaths at the time, although as pctek has commented, its effectiveness was short lived. Bugs started to fight back and developed resistance. I was thinking more that it triggered scientists look for other compounds in nature that could be used as antibiotics. Some of these inventions/discoveries were more noted for what changes cascaded from that point on than the object itself. |
Jen (38) | ||
| 781641 | 2009-06-14 09:37:00 | I was thinking more that it triggered scientists look for other compounds in nature that could be used as antibiotics. Garlic. |
bob_doe_nz (92) | ||
| 781642 | 2009-06-14 10:03:00 | Like plod, I would put the printing press ahead of all those other widgets. Beer would have to be way up there too. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
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