When Was Penicillin Discovered?
When Was Penicillin Discovered? Penicillin was discovered in 1929 by Sir Alexander Fleming, then a professor and lecturer at the Royal College of Surgeons in London. He...
Read MoreWhen Was Penicillin Discovered? Penicillin was discovered in 1929 by Sir Alexander Fleming, then a professor and lecturer at the Royal College of Surgeons in London. He...
Read MoreWho Was Antonie Philips Van Leeuwenhoek? Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723) was a Dutch scientist whose experiments with microscopes led to his becoming the...
Read MoreDid the Scottish Chemist Charles Macintosh Really Invent the Raincoat? Living in Scotland before 1824 was hard. There are more rainy days than dry ones in the country,...
Read MoreWho Were Able and Baker? On May 28, 1959, aboard the JUPITER AM-18, Able, a rhesus monkey, and Miss Baker, a squirrel monkey flew a successful mission. They were the...
Read MoreWho Invented the Barometer? The barometer is an instrument for measuring atmospheric pressure. Evangelista Torricelli invented the barometer, also known as the...
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