Posts tagged ‘inventors’
Untimely inventions – products before their time
In 1834, Charles Babbage (1792-1871) designed the Analytical Engine, the precursor of the computer. He was unable to obtain funding for it […]
02/08/2010. Category: inventions. Tags: inventors, products
Radio predicted to have no future
In 1894 the president of the Royal Society, Lord Kelvin, predicted that radio had no future. The first radio factory was opened […]
02/19/2009. Category: technology. Tags: inventors, radio
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