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Simpson / Chloroform / 1847James Young Simpson experiments with chloroform and is discovered by a colleague
Charles Jackson / AnaestheCharles Jackson experiments on himself with sulphuric ether
German Rocket ExperimentGerman rocket experiments on a windswept spit of land - filling the device with its chemical fuel
Science / FoucaultBerget carries out experiments with Foucaults Pendulum at the Pantheon, Paris
Scheele DiscoversKARL WILHELM SCHEELE Swedish chemist depicted conducting his experiments to determine the composition of air
Electricity VoltaAlessandro Volta demonstrates to Napoleon I his voltaic pile - a battery capable of storing the force created by an electric motor
Electricity FranklinBenjamin Franklin, by flying a kite in a stormy sky, demonstrates the electrical nature of storm-clouds, giving him the idea of a lightning conductor
Electricity GuerickeAt Hamburg, Otto von Guericke, burgomaster of Magdeburg, demonstrates an electrical machine - the first of its kind, based on a rotating sphere generating force
Testing Explosives / 1866Experiments with Gales protected gunpowder in a Martello Tower near Hastings
Watsons ExperimentWatson demonstrates that the human body is an electrical machine by extracting an electric spark from the body of a youth
Buffon ExperimentBUFFON experiments with lenses, harnessing the heat of the sun to set fire to a distant tree
Guerickes MachineOtto von Guericke demonstrates his electric machine, producing static electricity from a globe when rubbed
Edward KelleyEDWARD KELLEY occultist who assisted John Dee in his experiments, carried out some of his own - a charlatan and opportunist
Science / NolletThe electrical experiments of Jean-Antoine NOLLET, abbe and professor physics at Paris; demonstrating how electricity is conducted by the human body
