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1.) 19th Century - Timeline and Inventions of the 19th Century
Over one day ago | Wed Nov 12 0:00:00 PST 2008
Mackintosh (raincoat) invented by Charles Mackintosh of Scotland. ... William Sturgeon invented the electromagnet. ... The first patented stereoscope was invented by Charles Wheatstone in 1832 and patented in 1838. Previous ...
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2.) The Playfair cipher in ?National Treasure: Book of Secrets?
Over one day ago | Sat Sep 13 15:04:00 PDT 2008
This scheme was invented in 1854 by Charles Wheatstone, but bears the name of Lord Playfair2, who promoted the use of the cipher. The digraph substitution makes frequency-based cryptanalysis significantly harder as one has to deal with ...
From Matthias Hamann
3.) Danny Hillis on the 4 Keys to Successful Innovation
Over one day ago | Mon Nov 24 8:00:00 PST 2008
In fact, William Cooke and Charles Wheatstone even beat him to the punch with the very first commercial effort. So what made him successful over his competitors, of which there were many? Well, the ?stuff? that Morse invented turned out ...
From The Editor
4.) In Which Robots Are Your Homies
Over one day ago | Thu Oct 16 7:00:00 PDT 2008
Sir Charles Wheatstone, an inventor, saw a later appearance of the Turk while it was owned by Mälzel. He also saw some of Mälzel?s speaking machines, and Mälzel later presented a demonstration of speaking machines to Alexander Melville ...
From Molly Lambert
5.) Utopia: Time Cast as a Voyage
Over one day ago | Thu Nov 6 7:55:00 PST 2008
To be in or live in utopic space has a metaphor which I have always liked? that is the Wheatstone Bridge invented in 1872 by Sir Charles Wheatstone. It is a device for measuring electrical resistances and consists of a powered conductor ...
From paullaffoley
6.) Time line of the internet
Over one day ago | Thu Nov 6 12:44:00 PST 2008
Cooke and Charles Wheatstone install the first railway telegraph in England. 1844; May 24th: Samuel FB Morse demonstrated a magnetic telegraph using his Morse Code to send the message ?What hath God wrought? from Baltimore to Washington ...
From The-White-Knight93
7.) Playfair Cipher in Navision
Over one day ago | Sun Nov 16 12:00:00 PST 2008
It was invented by Charles Wheatstone and popularized by Lyon Playfair. The technique encrypts pairs of letters instead of single letters, which means it is a type of digraph cipher. The Playfair Cipher is significantly harder to break ...
From iby
8.) Cheerful Barbs
Over one day ago | Mon Oct 13 1:01:00 PDT 2008
Sir Charles Wheatstone died October 19, 1875. Wheatstone invented the stereoscope and the English concertina. A Photographic Quote of Note: Remember? light is your crayon, and there?s always another color in the box. - Tedric A. ...
From Michael
9.) Happy Thanksgiving.
Over one day ago | Thu Nov 27 6:30:00 PST 2008
She knew Mary Somerville, noted researcher and scientific author of the 19th century, who introduced her in turn to Charles Babbage on June 5, 1833. Other acquaintances were Sir David Brewster, Charles Wheatstone, Charles Dickens and ...
From Kevin
10.) Hearing Impairment Series-Disabled Legend Oliver Heaviside
Over one day ago | Fri Sep 5 9:25:00 PDT 2008
Oliver Heaviside's uncle Sir Charles Wheatstone (1802-1875) was the original co-inventor of the telegraph back in the mid 1830s. Sir Charles Wheatstone was married to Oliver Heaviside's mother's sister in London. ...
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