5 events with tag "scientific"
1665
ID: 4199
Athanasius Kircher explains dragons scientifically - Jesuit scholar argues dragons live in underground caves, emerge through volcanoes (Mundus Subterraneus)
ID: 4199
1736
ID: 5699
Charles de La Condamine studies rubber in Amazon - sends samples to Europe, describes waterproofing properties
ID: 5699
1952
ID: 4302
April 1952
IBM announces 701 Defense Calculator - IBM's first commercial scientific computer, 19 installations
ID: 4302
1957
ID: 4411
April 1957
IBM releases FORTRAN I - 'FORmula TRANslation', first commercially successful high-level language, 18 person-years of effort
ID: 4411
1972
ID: 4482
HP-35 released - first pocket scientific calculator, replaces slide rules, $395
ID: 4482