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  2. Silicon - Wikipedia

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    [32] [33] Meanwhile, research on the chemistry of silicon continued; Friedrich Wöhler discovered the first volatile hydrides of silicon, synthesising trichlorosilane in 1857 and silane itself in 1858, but a detailed investigation of the silanes was only carried out in the early 20th century by Alfred Stock, despite early speculation on the ...

  3. Timeline of electrical and electronic engineering - Wikipedia

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    The first commercially produced television receiver of the Daven Corporation in Newark is offered for $75. John Logie Baird transmits the first television pictures internationally, and the same across the Atlantic from London to New York. He also demonstrated the world's first color television transmission in London. 1929

  4. History of the transistor - Wikipedia

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    The MOSFET was invented at Bell Labs between 1955 and 1960, after Frosch and Derick discovered surface passivation by silicon dioxide and used their finding to create the first planar transistors, the first in which drain and source were adjacent at the same surface.

  5. Jöns Jacob Berzelius - Wikipedia

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    Berzelius is credited with discovering the chemical elements cerium and selenium and with being the first to isolate silicon, thorium, titanium and zirconium. Berzelius discovered cerium in 1803 [29] and selenium in 1817. [30] Berzelius also discovered how to isolate silicon in 1824, [31] and thorium in 1824.

  6. 50 Fascinating ‘Old-Time Photos’ That Show You Just How Much ...

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    Some people might include passwords to their digital world in their will but not all." #19 A Beautiful Couple From 163 Years Ago! Image credits: Old-time Photos

  7. Robert Noyce - Wikipedia

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    www.ncfp.org /people /the-noyce-foundation / Robert Norton Noyce (December 12, 1927 – June 3, 1990), nicknamed "the Mayor of Silicon Valley", was an American physicist and entrepreneur who co-founded Fairchild Semiconductor in 1957 and Intel Corporation in 1968.

  8. 30 Color Photos Photographers Took 100 Years Ago That Still ...

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    Image credits: Detroit Photograph Company "There was a two-color process invented around 1913 by Kodak that used two glass plates in contact with each other, one being red-orange and the other ...

  9. Lucy at 50: How the world’s most famous fossil was discovered

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    The fossilized remains of Lucy, discovered on November 24, 1974, made up the most complete skeleton of an early human ancestor when she was found. - Arizona State University CNN: Take us back to ...