27th January 2016

Lord Byron – An all-round sportsperson

Lord Byron, also known as George Gordon Byron and 6th Baron Byron, was a famous English poet. He was known to enjoy adventure. He was extremely fond of exercise and sports. He loved swimming and once swam from Sestos in Modern Gallipoli in European Turkey to Abydos in Upper Egypt. He mastered a wide variety of sports. In addition to swimming, he fenced, sculled, rode and shot at targets. At Harrow, he was considered a good enough cricketer to play for the first team against Eton. He was also the captain of Harrow in that match.

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27th January 2016

What was Thomas Alva Edison afraid of?

Thomas Alva Edison is one of the greatest innovators who is credited with inventing the phonograph, the motion picture camera, film projectors, practical use of electricity, and an improved and effective electric light bulb that was superior to gas lighting. When asked once if he were afraid of anything he replied, ‘I am afraid of the dark.’

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27th January 2016

When was the fax machine invented?

The fax machine was invented by a Scottish inventor Alexander Bain in 1843. He devised an apparatus comprising two pins that were connected to two pendulums through five wires. When an electric signal was sent from the transmitting end, the receiving end was able to reproduce the signal on an electrochemically sensitive paper impregnated with chemicals. Thirty-three years later, Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone.

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