Day in Engineering History Archive February 15
February 15
1564: Italian astronomer
Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa, Italy. 1797:
Henry Steinway, of overstrung iron-frame grand piano frame,
was born. 1826:
George Stoney, who introduced the term "electron" as the fundamental
unit of electric charge, was born. 1842: Adhesive postage stamps
were used for the first time. 1861:
Alfred Whitehead, co-author with Bertrand Russell "Principia
Mathematica," was born. 1884:
Alfred C. Gilbert, inventor of the
Erector Set, was born. 1897:
Ferdinand Braun published an article in "Annalen der Physik
und Chemie" describing his "Braun
Tube", which was the first cathode-ray oscilloscope. 1965: Canada's
new maple leaf flag was unfurled in ceremonies in Ottawa. 1971:
The British Government issued a new decimal currency to supplant
the original pound, shilling and pence system (now referred to as
D-Day). 1996: Microwave pioneer
Ernst Weber died. 2007:
Robert Alder, inventor of the TV remote control, died.
1564: Italian astronomer
Galileo Galilei was born in Pisa, Italy. 1797:
Henry Steinway, of overstrung iron-frame grand piano frame,
was born. 1826:
George Stoney, who introduced the term "electron" as the fundamental
unit of electric charge, was born. 1842: Adhesive postage stamps
were used for the first time. 1861:
Alfred Whitehead, co-author with Bertrand Russell "Principia
Mathematica," was born. 1884:
Alfred C. Gilbert, inventor of the
Erector Set, was born. 1897:
Ferdinand Braun published an article in "Annalen der Physik
und Chemie" describing his "Braun
Tube", which was the first cathode-ray oscilloscope. 1965: Canada's
new maple leaf flag was unfurled in ceremonies in Ottawa. 1971:
The British Government issued a new decimal currency to supplant
the original pound, shilling and pence system (now referred to as
D-Day). 1996: Microwave pioneer
Ernst Weber died. 2007:
Robert Alder, inventor of the TV remote control, died.| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
Note: These historical tidbits have been collected from various sources, mostly on the Internet. As detailed in
this article,
there is a lot of wrong information that is repeated hundreds of times because most websites do not validate with authoritative
sources. On RF Cafe, events with hyperlinks have been verified.
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from postage stamps from the country where the person or event occurred.