Tag: James Clerk Maxwell

James Clerk Maxwell presented the first colour photograph of a tartan ribbon to the Royal Institution in London on this day in 1861. Did you know that: • John Hawkins and Richard French received a patent for the Reaping Machine on this day in 1803• A water wheel was patented by Lorenzo Adkins on this […]

Born on this day in 1981, Chris Evans is an American actor, best known for his role as Captain America in the Marvel Cinematic Universe series of films. Did you know that: • Thomas Young, a British philologist and physician who established the wave theory of light, was born on this day in 1773• James […]