The first electronic sound synthesizer, an instrument of awesome dimensions, was developed by the American acoustical engineers Harry Olson and Herbert Belar in 1955 at the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) laboratories at Princeton, New Jersey. The Yamaha DX7, released in 1983, was the first commercially successful digital synthesizer and…
A man sits alone on a rock, absorbed in thought. He leans forward, with his elbow on his knee and hand supporting his chin. Clearly focused, he intently casts his eyes downward. Known as The Thinker, this bronze sculpture represents the creative mind at work. There are few sculptures that…
In the terminology of historians and political scientists, the Third Party System was a period in the history of political parties in the United Statesthe United StatesIn its noun form, the word generally means a resident or citizen of the U.S., but is also used for someone whose ethnic identity…
In May 2009, the tour was originally set to have begun on July 8, 2009, and finished on February 24, 2010. In May 2009, the tour was originally set to have begun on July 8, 2009, and finished on February 24, 2010. On May 20, 2009, it was announced that…
The earliest splint was first used in 1865 for treating diseases of the knee such as tuberculosis by prolonged rest and immobilisation,1 and only later for the management of fractures of the lower limb. The Thomas Splint was invented by Hugh Owen Thomas well before it was utilised in World…
Let’s dig into the history of this fine piece of technology. The invention of the USB flash drive is credited to the Israeli company M-Systems. Three employees of M-Systems, Amir Ban, Dov Moran, and Oron Ogdan engineered the first thumb drive and were granted a U.S. patent for it in…
The United States remained neutral during the first two years of World War II, from September 1939, when Nazi Germany invaded Poland, to December 1941, when Japan attacked Pearl HarborJapan attacked Pearl HarborThis forced the United States to enter a two-front war. In the first months after the attack on…
Total solar eclipse of August 21, 2017 – Landfall on the Oregon coast. Total solar eclipse of 2017 over Oregon. The Oregon eclipse will pass over the Willamette Valley, Madras, John Day, and other areas in Oregon. Oregon eclipse. The first total solar eclipse touching the continental United States since…
The wheel was invented in the 4th millennium BC in Lower Mesopotamia(modern-day Iraq), where the Sumerian people inserted rotating axles into solid discs of wood. It was only in 2000 BC that the discs began to be hollowed out to make a lighter wheel. This innovation led to major advances…
It was created during the Hellenistic periodHellenistic periodThe Hellenistic period spans the period of Mediterranean history between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the emergence of the Roman Empire, as signified by the Battle of Actium in 31 BC and the conquest of Ptolemaic Egypt the…