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The initials on the mural corespond to the names of the inventors:
The initials on the mural corespond to the names of the inventors:


EW =Eli Whitney, cotton gin (1793)
EW = Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin 1794


HD = Humphrey Davy, an Englishman, demonstrated a powerful electric lamp to the Royal Society in 1806
HD = Humphrey Davy - Demonstrated electric lamp to the Royal Society - 1806


JW =James Watt, improved steam engine 1763
JW = John Whitehurst - Pulsation Engine (hydraulic pump) - 1722 other possible answer James Watt - Improved steam engine - 1763


BF = Benjamin Franklin, pointed light rod conductor
BF = Benjamin Franklin - Pointed light rod conductor - 1752


GLL = George Louis Lesage, used a single wire system to telegraph a message (1774)
GLL = George Louis Lesage - Used a single wire system to telegraph a message - 1774


LP = Louis Pasteur, french scientist who discovered the process of sterilizing milk (1862)
LP = Louis pasteur - Process of sterilizing milk - 1862


GS = Glenn T. Seaborg, the nuclear chemist's best-known achievement was the synthesis and isolation of the radioactive element plutonium (1941)
GS = Glenn T. Seaborg - Synthesis and isolation of the radioactive element plutonium - 1941


GM = Guglielmo Marconi, radio (1897)
GM = Guglielmo Marconi - Radio - 1901


AGB = Alexander Graham Bell, inventor of the telephone (1880)
AGB = Alexander Graham Bell - Phonophone - 1880


CM = Cyrus Hall McCormick, inventor of the reaper
CM = Cyrus McCormick - Inventor the Reaper - 1809


TE = Thomas Edison, Phonograph
TE = Thomas Edison - Invented phonograph - 1877
 
Think JW could also be hydraulic ram invented by John Whitehurst (thanks to confusio)


NOTE: The icons that go with the initials are all the same except for GS and AGB which have an identical icon.
NOTE: The icons that go with the initials are all the same except for GS and AGB which have an identical icon.
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Revision as of 02:50, 21 January 2007

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The initials on the mural corespond to the names of the inventors:

EW = Eli Whitney invented the cotton gin 1794

HD = Humphrey Davy - Demonstrated electric lamp to the Royal Society - 1806

JW = John Whitehurst - Pulsation Engine (hydraulic pump) - 1722 other possible answer James Watt - Improved steam engine - 1763

BF = Benjamin Franklin - Pointed light rod conductor - 1752

GLL = George Louis Lesage - Used a single wire system to telegraph a message - 1774

LP = Louis pasteur - Process of sterilizing milk - 1862

GS = Glenn T. Seaborg - Synthesis and isolation of the radioactive element plutonium - 1941

GM = Guglielmo Marconi - Radio - 1901

AGB = Alexander Graham Bell - Phonophone - 1880

CM = Cyrus McCormick - Inventor the Reaper - 1809

TE = Thomas Edison - Invented phonograph - 1877

NOTE: The icons that go with the initials are all the same except for GS and AGB which have an identical icon. </spoiler>

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