Apr 9, 2014 · The first computer The Difference Engine was the first automatic, mechanical calculator designed by British mathematician Charles Babbage, who proposed its construction …

Oct 13, 2015 · That the world’s first computer programmer was a Victorian woman is remarkable in itself, but that she was the daughter of one of literature’s most well-known poets adds such …

5th April 2019 By Jonathan Gordon Who Was Ada Lovelace? Both a pioneer of the Computer Age and the daughter of Lord Byron, the world’s first computer programmer was a complex …

Jun 10, 2014 · The very first world cup was played from 13 July to 30 July 1930 and was hosted by Uruguay. With 13 teams taking part, it seems the luck was with the home team as Uruguay …

Aug 19, 2013 · One of history’s greatest agricultural inventions explained

Mar 26, 2014 · Photograph courtesy of the United States Government Printing Office. On this day in 1943, Elsie S Ott (1913-2006) became the first woman in United States history to receive …

Apr 26, 2014 · The machine first featured moveable wooden letters carved by hand, but the plucky inventor later developed an alloy from lead, tin and antimony that could be moulded …

Sep 25, 2014 · Is the Holy Grail real? The mystical Holy Grail has caught the attention of many writers, archeologists and myth busters the world over. But what exactly IS it? The first …

Aug 2, 2013 · An ingenious ancient method of transferring water from one plane to another

Aug 6, 2015 · The date was 5 August 1945, and tomorrow morning they were to drop the first ever atomic bomb on Hiroshima. To pass the time, some of the crew ­– including navigator Dutch, …