Lieserl Einstein (born January, 1902 – last mentioned in 1903; Date of death is 18th of September 1903) was the first child of Mileva Marić and Albert Einstein. He started a lengthy affair with his cousin and her teenage daughter. He told her that he would only agree to remain…
He bought the Waterhouse Electric Light Company in 1888 and the United States Illuminating Company in 1890, giving Westinghouse their own arc lighting systems as well as control over all the major incandescent lamp patents not controlled by Edison. In 1888, he sold his patents to industrialist George Westinghouse, whose…
The phonograph was developed as a result of Thomas Edison’s work on two other inventions, the telegraph and the telephone. In 1877, Edison was working on a machine that would transcribe telegraphic messages through indentations on paper tape, which could later be sent over the telegraph repeatedly. “Mary had a…
The astronomical work of Edmond Halley (1656–1742) during the latter half of the Copernican Revolution contributed substantially to the scientific proof and widespread acceptance of heliocentrism. Halley used Newton’s equations to predict that a comet seen in 1682 would return in 1758. The return of Halley’s comet gave final proof…
He criticised the actions of the British government towards the American colonies, including its taxation policies. Burke also supported the rights of the colonists to resist metropolitan authority, although he opposed the attempt to achieve independence. The character of the Americans, the designs of the British Parliament, and the policies…
Ed Kemper: Conversations with a Killer: The Shocking True Story of the Co-Ed Butcher (Volume 6) Paperback – July 20, 2021. Edmund Emil Kemper III (born December 18, 1948), also known as Big Ed, The Co-ed Butcher, or The Co-ed Killer, is an American serial killer and necrophile who was…
Even As He Died, Édouard Manet Made Life-Affirming Art : NPR. Even As He Died, Édouard Manet Made Life-Affirming Art In his last years, as he was dying of complications from syphilis, artist Édouard Manet was in agonizing pain — but you’d never know it from his exquisite flower bouquets…
On January 23, 1823, he visited his last patient, a dying friend. The next morning Jenner failed to appear for breakfast; later that day he was found in his study. He had had a massive stroke. Edward Jenner died during the early morning hours of Sunday, January 26, 1823. Edward…
In short, because different colours represent different chemical compounds, which differentially adsorb onto the chromatograph. 3. The paper has absorbed the solvent, and the dye has spread further up the paper The different dissolved substances in a mixture are attracted to the two phases in different proportions. This causes them…
He married Marie Whitcomb in 1931, and the first of their five children was born a few years later. During the Depression, however, Tupper’s clients cut back, and Tupper Tree Doctors was forced into bankruptcy in 1936. Earl Tupper was lucky to get a job in one of the plastics…