Practicability
121Jinnah, Mohammed Ali — born Dec. 25, 1876, Karachi, India died Sept. 11, 1948, Karachi, Pak. Indian Muslim politician, founder and first governor general of Pakistan (1947–48). He was educated in Bombay (now Mumbai) and London, where he became a lawyer at age 19. After …
122Tasman, Abel Janszoon — born 1603?, Lutjegast, Neth. died probably before Oct. 22, 1659, certainly before Feb. 5, 1661 Dutch explorer. In the service of the Dutch East India Company, he made exploratory and trading voyages to East and Southeast Asia (1634–39). In 1642… …
123Maiman, Theodore Harold — ▪ 2008 American physicist born July 11, 1927 , Los Angeles, Calif. died May 5, 2007, Vancouver, B.C. constructed the first laser, a device that produces monochromatic coherent light, or light in which the rays are all of the same wavelength …
124Bright, Sir Charles Tilston — ▪ British engineer born June 8, 1832, Wanstead, Essex, Eng. died May 3, 1888, Abbey Wood, near London British engineer who superintended the laying of the first Atlantic telegraph cable. In 1852 he became an engineer for the Magnetic… …
125Brown, Sir John — ▪ British manufacturer born Dec. 6, 1816, Sheffield, Yorkshire [now South Yorkshire], Eng. died Dec. 27, 1896, Bromley, Kent [now Greater London] British armour plate manufacturer who developed rolled steel plates for naval warships.… …
126Maiman, Theodore H. — ▪ American physicist in full Theodore Harold Maiman born July 11, 1927, Los Angeles, Calif., U.S. died May 5, 2007, Vancouver, B.C., Can. American physicist, who constructed the first laser, a device that produces monochromatic coherent… …
127Papin, Denis — ▪ British physicist born Aug. 22, 1647, Blois, Fr. died c. 1712, , London, Eng. French born British physicist who invented the pressure cooker and suggested the first cylinder and piston steam engine. Though his design was not practical, it was… …
128Van Depoele, Charles Joseph — ▪ American inventor born April 27, 1846, Lichtervelde, Belg. died March 18, 1892, Lynn, Mass., U.S. Belgian born American inventor who demonstrated the practicability of electrical traction (1874) and patented an electric railway (1883).… …
