The phrase “paying load” or “paying weight” originally referred to products transported by rail.Continue reading Payload
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12 May /14
Pressure cooker
The invention goes back to the French scientist, Denis Papin, who worked in the second half of the 1600s.Continue reading Pressure cooker
7 May /14
Postcard
In 1840 the world’s very first postcard was designed and sent by Thomas Hook to himself, as a joke, together with a Penny Black, the world’s first stamp.Continue reading Postcard
1 May /14
Penny Black or stamps for 175 years
175 years ago today, on 1 May 1840 the world’s first adhesive postage stamp was issued in Great Britain, the Penny Black.Continue reading Penny Black or stamps for 175 years
28 Apr /14
X-rays
In 1895 Röntgen published an article in a German medical magazine entitled “About a new type of rays”.Continue reading X-rays
