Alessandro Volta reported his discovery of the electric battery in a letter to Joseph Banks, president of the Royal Society of London, on this day in 1800. Did you know that: • Frederick Winslow Taylor was an American mechanical engineer born on this day in 1856• Jan Matzeliger was granted a patent for a “lasting […]
Jan Matzeliger invented the first machine to manufacture shoes on this day in 1883. Did you know that: • Phineas Quimby received a patent for a steering mechanism on this day in 1850• The first stone for the Sagrada Familia Basilica in Barcelona was laid on this day in 1882• Bruce Willis is an American […]
Dame Agatha Christie, Lady Mallowan, was an English writer born on this day in 1890, known for her sixty-six detective novels and fourteen short story collections. Did you know that: • Jan Matzeliger, the inventor of the shoe-lacing machine, was born on this day in 1852• The first use of tanks in warfare, “Little Willies” was at […]
