by David West | Nov 14, 2024 | News
I’ve posted previously about donating blood, and on 14th November 1666 Samuel Pepys wrote in his diary about a blood transfusion between dogs, performed by the British physician Richard Lower. The first recorded blood transfusion to a human was performed in 1667 by...
by David West | Nov 13, 2024 | News
I attended an exhibition by a stage hypnotist at the Oxford Union when I was a student, and what he was able to do was astonishing. It made a great impression on me. I’ve even tried a hypnosis app to improve my golf. There’s still some way to go. James Braid...
by David West | Nov 12, 2024 | News
I noted in a recent post that I was born on Guy Fawkes Day. The Best Picture Academy Award, along with ten other Oscars, the year I was born went to Ben Hur. The book on which the film was based, Ben-Hur: A Tale of The Christ, was published on 12th November 1880. Lew...
by David West | Nov 11, 2024 | News
I have posted about the invention of the ballpoint pen and the printing press recently. The Einstein refrigerator, invented by Albert Einstein and his former student Leo Szilard in 1926, on the 11th November I’m told, was an innovative cooling device that sought to...
by David West | Nov 10, 2024 | News
The tenth of November 1630 was a critical day in an ambitious attempt to overthrow Cardinal Richelieu, France’s powerful chief minister, shook the political landscape of France. Known as the “Day of the Dupes,” this dramatic failed “palace revolution” revealed the...
