Once, a bird named Ted lived in a tree. He was very punctual and daily woke up early in the morning. One day Ted felt hungry and he went into the jungle to search for food for himself. In the jungle, there lived a worm named Wiky who moved in the dirt. Suddenly Wiky saw […]
Once, a mouse had gone to his uncle’s house near a pond. The mouse loved to do adventurous work. One day, the mouse was roaming along the bank of the pond then he saw a frog. Soon they became good friends. The mouse said to him, “Won’t you pay me a visit? I can promise
Charles Mackintosh (29 December, 1766–25 July, 1843) was the inventor of the waterproof raincoat made from a fabric that was rubberized. It was in 1824 that it was first sold with an abbreviated ‘mack’ or ‘mac’ on it. Even the raincoat was named after Charles Macintosh, who was a Scottish. Material made from laminated rubber
Seattle born Chester Carlson (8 February, 1906–19 September, 1968) excelled in two fields of Electrophotography and Xerography. Since early childhood, he started printing and duplication newspapers and did not like the traditional methods of duplicating writing when he was working in a printing press. In New York, he was made patent attorney. Chester Carlson saw
Once, there was a grasshopper who lived beneath the grass. An owl also lived in the tree near the grasshopper. The grasshopper always kept singing. One day, the owl was sitting in a hollow tree, dozing away summer’s afternoon. He was very much disturbed by the grasshopper singing in the grass beneath. So far from
Clarence Birdseye (9 December, 1886–7 October, 1956) an American naturalist, is the originator of the science behind frozen foods. His interest in the food industry began during 1912-1915 while he was conducting a field study in Labrador. Birdseye came up with the idea to freeze seafood at a very low temperature, when he found that seafood
Once, a wolf named Justy had become pale and drawn, and was dying with hunger. Then he sent a message to his entire relatives about his bad health. All his relatives arrived there to see him. A dog, who was the cousin of Justy, had also arrived to ask after his health. When the dog
Once, a snake was roaming in the jungle. A thorn pierced through his body. He started crying, then a crab heard his voice and took the thorn out. The snake took a breath of relief. Since then, they had become friends and lived together. Since the crab had a straightforward character, he urged the snake
Corradino D’Ascanio was born on 1 February, 1891 at Popoli in Pescara. He was an Italian aeronautical engineer. He designed the first innovation helicopter for the Agusta. The first motor scooter was also designed by him for Ferdinando Innocent. Ferdinando Innocent gave him responsibility to design the scooter that was easy to drive for both
Charles Darwin is regarded as a distinguished figure in history and was known for his exceptional scientific discoveries. Darwin was born in 12th February, 1809, in Shrewsbury, England. He was deeply interested in the subject of taxonomy, which implied the classification of living things and marine surroundings. The five-year voyage throughout the globe on a
Once, a lion of the jungle had become very old, so he couldn’t hunt food for himself. He always wandered there in order to find his prey which he could catch easily, without making much effort. One day he saw three bullocks grazing in an open field. He had tried to attack them several times,
To call the great Charles Babbage (26 December, 1791–18 October, 1871) ‘Father of the Computer’ would not be really justified. He was a great English born philosopher, mathematician, mechanical engineer and an inventor who changed the way people used to compute things by the 19th century. His first mechanical computer was a simple device, which
The eminent Indian scientist C.V. Raman was born 7 November, 1888, who received Nobel Prize for Physics in 1930 for his work, scattering of light, also known as ‘Raman effect’. Once when he was measuring the angle of prism with the help of Spectrometer, he observed some diffraction bands. This observation fired his imagination. He
Bartolomeo Cristofori di Franceso (4 May, 1655–27 January, 1731) was known as the inventor of the very famous musical instrument known as piano. He was born in Padua in the republic of Venice. He was the Italian maker. Bartolomeo was appointed as the musical technician for Prince Ferdinando de Medici. He was the great innovator
Bruno Abakanowicz (6 October, 1852–29 August, 1900) was a mathematician, a great inventor and, later, an electrical engineer. He was very well known for the integrator that was invented in 1880. In his other patents of works, the electrical bell is known after he had worked on it and invented the most newly designed. He