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3 days ago · Before 25 BC: Reverse overshot water wheel by Roman engineers in Rio Tinto, Spain; 25 BC: Noodle in Lajia in China; 1st century AD. 1st century AD: The aeolipile, a simple steam turbine is recorded by Hero of Alexandria.
- Fritz Strassmann
Friedrich Wilhelm Strassmann (German: [fʁɪt͡s ˈʃtʁasˌman] ⓘ;...
- Timeline of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
20th Century Fox presents in New York on an 8 m × 4 m big...
- Timeline of Computing
Timeline of computing presents events in the history of...
- Fritz Strassmann
1 day ago · World History Subcategories. Nature isn’t always peaceful and idyllic. Earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, and other powerful natural phenomena can have devastating consequences on communities and regions throughout the world. But nature is far from the only instigator of large-scale misfortune; human-made disasters and tragedies, both ...
5 days ago · 1925 was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1925th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 925th year of the 2nd millennium, the 25th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1920s decade.
5 days ago · The Thirty Years' War [j] was one of the longest and most destructive conflicts in European history, lasting from 1618 to 1648. Fought primarily in Central Europe, an estimated 4.5 to 8 million soldiers and civilians died as a result of battle, famine, or disease, while parts of present-day Germany reported population declines of over 50%. [19]
5 days ago · Recent News. J.R.R. Tolkien (born January 3, 1892, Bloemfontein, South Africa—died September 2, 1973, Bournemouth, Hampshire, England) was an English writer and scholar who achieved fame with his children’s book The Hobbit (1937) and his richly inventive epic fantasy The Lord of the Rings (1954–55). At age four Tolkien, with his mother ...
3 days ago · The stories were the earliest appearances of World War I veteran Buck Rogers, preserved in a freak natural chemical leak until being discovered and awakened in the 25th century. He proceeds to adventure around the galaxy using the fantastic technology of the distant future.
3 days ago · Long an object of veneration and conflict, the holy city of Jerusalem has been governed, both as a provincial town and a national capital, by an extended series of dynasties and states. In the early 20th century the city, along with all of historic Palestine, became the focus of the competing national aspirations of Zionists and Palestinian Arabs.
