BIRTHPLACE OF MODERN ELECTRICITY
NEW YORK BIRTHPLACE OF MODERN ELECTRICITY HERE DISCOVERING MAGNETIC INDUCTION, JOSEPH HENRY PIONEERED THE TELEGRAPH AND ELECTRIC MOTOR, 1829-31
John Herbert Chapman
JOHN HERBERT CHAPMAN John Herbert Chapman (1921-1979) was born in London and educated at The University of Western Ontario, receiving a BSc (Honors) degree in 1948. After completing a PhD...
The Black Snake Affair
THE BLACK SNAKE AFFAIR In 1808. the Federal goverament. reacting to unfair British policies, passed an Embargo Act. forbidding trade with Great Britain. The Champlain Valley relied on trade...
EarthScope Plate Boundary Observation Station
Submitted by @zxqwd
Captain Jock Porteous
At this place on the night of September 7th 1736 Cpt. Jock Porteous of the Edinburgh City Guard was brutally lynched from a dyers pole by an Edinburgh Mob Erected by the Porteous Associates...
The Franklin Institute
Submitted by cruicej
Regional Districts BC
Submitted by @robertdall
Shire of Flinders Electric Ball
SHIRE OF FLINDERS ELECTRIC BALL THIS SPHERE WAS PART OF A DEVICE DESIGNED BY A MR ROBILLIARD IN 1909, WITH A VIEW TO HARNESSING THE SEA TO PROVIDE ELECTRICITY FOR SORRENTO TOWNSHIP THE SPHERE...
- although at ...
- electric ball
- severe wave action
Perronkap Utrecht Centraal
The plaque tells the story of the old railway station roof. In Dutch: perronkap. The iron roof was constructed in 1895. In 1968, when the station (Utrecht central station) was replaced by a...
- historic rai...
- iron construction
Stephen Henshaw
IN MEMORY OF STEPHEN HENSHAW BUCKINGHAMSHIRE BATTALLION OX BUCKS LIGHT INFANTRY WHO WAS WOUNDED IN BATTLE LANGEMARK AUGUST 16" 1917. HE LAY WOUNDED ON THESE FIELD FOR SIX DAYS. HE WAS FOUND ON...