That's right on August 21st, 1998, a robotic airplane (Aerosonde) nicknamed "Laima" landed at Benbecula Military Range on an island of South Uist, in Outer Hebrides, Scotland. Continue reading
Tag: Scotland
Speke Discovered the White Nile
Scottish explorer John Harming Speke found the source of the White Nile in 1858. Continue reading
King David I Defined the Inch
Scotland's King David I defined one "ynche" is equal in width to the base of a man's thumbnail, Continue reading
Ramsay Discovered Periodic Table Elements
William Ramsay, a Scottish physical chemist discovered an entire grouping inert or noble gases elements in the periodic table. Continue reading
Alexander Bain
Alexander Bain (11 June 1818 – 18 September 1903) was a Scottish philosopher and educationalist in the British school of empiricism and a prominent and innovative figure in the fields of psychology, linguistics, logic, moral philosophy and education reform. Continue reading
First Facsimile Machine Invented in 1800’s
Alexander Bain, Scottish psychologist invented the facsimile process in 1843 and received a patent for "improvements in producing and regulating electric currents and improvements in timepieces and in electric printing and signal telegraphs." Continue reading
William Smellie
William Smellie (5 February 1697 – 5 March 1763) was a Scottish obstetrician and medical instructor who practiced and taught primarily in London. Continue reading
Population Growth Treatise Published
Scottish cleric Robert Wallace published the treatise, Various Prospects of Mankind, Nature, and Providence in 1761, on human population growth. Continue reading
Encyclopaedia Britannica Published
The first English encyclopedia was published, Encyclopaedia Britannica aka A Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, containing short entries on a wide variety of subjects with longer essays on important topics Continue reading
Mind and Body: The Theories of Their Relation
Scottish philosopher Alexander Bain, father of psychology published Mind and Body: The Theories of Their Relation in 1873 described Continue reading