By ‘life ’ we mean a thing that can nourish itself and grow and decay. ~ Aristotle 384 BC to 322 BC - Scientist Philosopher
Chemistry is necessarily an experimental science: its conclusions are drawn from data and its principles supported by evidence from facts. ~ Michael Faraday - 1791 to 1867
Alfred Perot (1863–1925) together with Charles Fabry (1867–1945) France – Fabry–Pérot interferometer (physics).
William Cullen (1710–1790) UK – first artificial refrigerator.
Şerafeddin Sabuncuoğlu (1385–1468) Turkey – illustrated surgical atlas.
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857–1935) Russia – spaceflight.
Alberto Gianni (1891–1930) Italy – Torretta butoscopica.
George Crum (1822–1914) USA – potato chips[4].
Temple Grandin (born 1945) Inventor of the squeeze machine and humane abattoirs..
Artem Mikoyan (1905–1970) Armenia/Russia – MiG-series fighter aircraft including world's most produced jet aircraft MiG-15 and most produced supersonic aircraft MiG-21 (together with Mikhail Gurevich).
Vladimir Simonov (born 1935) Russia – APS Underwater Assault Rifle SPP-1 underwater pistol.
John Moses Browning (1855–1926) USA – Semi-automatic pistol.
Tommy Flowers (1905–1998) UK – Colossus an early electronic computer..
Alfred William Gallagher (1911–1990) New Zealand – Electric fence for farmers.
Vasily Degtyaryov (1880–1949) Russia – first self-loading carbine Degtyaryov-series firearms co-developer of Fedorov Avtomat.
Gary Starkweather (born 1938) USA – laser printer color management.
Franc Trkman (1903–1978) Slovenia – electrical switches accessories for opening windows.
Esther Takeuchi (born 1953) - holds more than 150 US-patents the largest number for any woman in the United States.
Katharine B. Blodgett (1898–1979) UK – nonreflective glass.
Mikhail Kalashnikov (1919–2013) Russia – AK-47 and AK-74 assault rifles (the most produced ever)[5].
Franz San Galli (1824–1908) Poland/Russia (Italian and German descent) – radiator modern central heating.
Herman Hollerith (1860–1929) USA – recording data on a machine readable medium tabulator punched cards.
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Valid criticism does you a favor. - Carl Sagan 1934 to 1996 Astronomer
Trial by combat of wits in disputations has no attraction for the seeker after truth; to him the appeal to experiment is the last and only test of the merit of an opinion conjecture or hypotheses. - Joseph Mellor 1869 to 1938 Chemist
Although Nature needs thousands or millions of years to create a new species man needs only a few dozen years to destroy one. - Victor Scheffer 1906 to 2011 Biologist
All of physics is either impossible or trivial. It is impossible until you understand it and then it becomes trivial. ~ Ernest Rutherford 1871 to 1937
I accept no principles of physics which are not also accepted in mathematics. ~ René Descartes 1596 to 1650
Biology is the study of the complex things in the Universe. Physics is the study of the simple ones. ~ Richard Dawkins 1941 – present - Evolutionary Biologist
Suppose we have an unknown number of objects. When counted in threes 2 are left over when counted in fives 3 are left over and when counted in sevens 2 are left over. How many objects are there? ~ Sunzi The Mathematical Classic of Sunzi - Chinese mathematics problem from c. 450 AD
- Dimensions (W x H x D): TV without stand: 28.9" x 17.1" x 3.2", TV with stand: 28.9" x 19.2" x 7.2"
- Smart functionality offers access to over 4,000 streaming channels featuring more than 450,000 movies and TV episodes via Roku TV
- 720p HD resolution for a crisp picture
- Direct-lit LED produces great picture quality
- 60Hz refresh rate allows fast moving action scenes to be seen with minimal motion blur
- Dimensions (W x H x D): TV without stand: 36.6" x 21.1" x 2.9", TV with stand: 36.3" x 23.4" x 7.8"
- Smart functionality offers access to over 4,000 streaming channels featuring more than 450,000 movies and TV episodes via Roku TV
- 1080p Full HD resolution for a lifelike picture
- Direct-lit LED produces great picture quality
- 120Hz refresh rate allows fast moving action scenes to be seen with virtually no motion blur
- Heavy guage steel supports screens up to 88 lbs. compatible with VESA (mounting hole pattern) 400x400mm/400x300mm/400x200mm/300x300mm/300x200mm/200x200mm/200x100mm/100x100mm (16"x16"/16"x12"/16"x8"/12"x12"/12"x8"/8"x8"/8"x4"/4"x4")
- Post-installation level adjustment allows the TV to perfectly level
- Tilt, swivel and rotate for maximum viewing flexibility; VESA plate can be taken off for easy installation by one person
- Low Profile mount retracts to 2.2" to save space, Extends 20" from the wall
- Standard mounting hardware,10 ft HDMI Cable and 6" 3-Axis Magnetic Bubble Level included
