(“analytical engine” design, included concepts of programming, taping) Charles Babbage, England, 1835. Calculating machine: (logarithms: made multiplying easier and thus calculators practical) John Napier, Scotland, 1614 (slide rule) William Oughtred, England, 1632 (digital calculator) Blaise Pascal, 1642 (multiplication machine) Gottfried Leibniz, Germany, 1671 (important 19th-century contributors to modern machine) Frank S. Bullet: (conical) Claude Minié, France, 1849. Bridges: (suspension, iron chains) James Finley, Pa., 1800 (wire suspension) Marc Seguin, Lyons, 1825 (truss) Ithiel Town, U.S., 1820. Boyle's law: (relation between pressure and volume in gases) Robert Boyle, Ireland, 1662. Blood, circulation of: William Harvey, England, 1628. Gamow, U.S., 1948 (cosmic microwave background radiation discovered, confirms theory) Arno A. Big Bang theory: (the universe originated with a huge explosion) George LeMaitre, Belgium, 1927 (modified LeMaitre theory labeled “Big Bang”) George A. von Sauerbronn, Germany, 1816 (first modern model) James Starley, England, 1884. Barometer: Evangelista Torricelli, Italy, 1643. 1970 (industrial use) Plessey Telecommunications, England, 1970. Bar codes (computer-scanned binary signal code): (retail trade use) Monarch Marking, U.S. Balloon, hot-air: Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier, France, 1783. Bacteria: Anton van Leeuwenhoek, The Netherlands, 1683. Avogadro's law: (equal volumes of all gases at the same temperature and pressure contain equal number of molecules) Amedeo Avogadro, Italy, 1811. Sperry, U.S., c.1910, first successful test, 1912, in a Curtiss flying boat. Automobile: (first with internal combustion engine, 250 rpm) Karl Benz, Germany, 1885 (first with practical high-speed internal combustion engine, 900 rpm) Gottlieb Daimler, Germany, 1885 (first true automobile, not carriage with motor) René Panhard, Emile Lavassor, France, 1891 (carburetor, spray) Charles E. Atomic theory: (ancient) Leucippus, Democritus, Greece, c. Atomic structure: (formulated nuclear model of atom, Rutherford model) Ernest Rutherford, England, 1911 (proposed current concept of atomic structure, the Bohr model) Niels Bohr, Denmark, 1913. Atom: (nuclear model of) Ernest Rutherford, England, 1911. Astronomical calculator: The Antikythera device, Greece, first century B.C. Aqualung: Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Emile Gagnan, France, 1943. Appliances, electric: (fan) Schuyler Wheeler, U.S., 1882 (flatiron) Henry W. Antitoxin, diphtheria: Emil von Behring, Germany, 1890. Antiseptic: (surgery) Joseph Lister, England, 1867. Antibiotics: (first demonstration of antibiotic effect) Louis Pasteur, Jules-François Joubert, France, 1887 (discovery of penicillin, first modern antibiotic) Alexander Fleming, Scotland, 1928 (penicillin's infection-fighting properties) Howard Florey, Ernst Chain, England, 1940. Anesthetic: (first use of anesthetic-ether-on humans) Crawford W. Anatomy, human: ( De fabrica corporis humani, an illustrated systematic study of the human body) Andreas Vesalius, Belgium, 1543 (comparative: parts of an organism are correlated to the functioning whole) Georges Cuvier, France, 1799–1805. Aluminum manufacture: (by electrolytic action) Charles M. Airship: (non-rigid) Henri Giffard, France, 1852 (rigid) Ferdinand von Zeppelin, Germany, 1900. Air conditioning: Willis Carrier, U.S., 1911. Air brake: George Westinghouse, U.S., 1868. Adrenaline: (isolation of) John Jacob Abel, U.S., 1897. See also Famous Firsts in Aviation, Nobel Prizes. He is also shown to have a black tail tip.Infoplease Staff From Adrenaline to the Zipper He has a black muzzle as well as a black saddle marking on his back. King is a stray German shepherd with light brown fur and dark brown eyes. He seems to be stuck in the past, bitter over being expelled from Pup Academy and towards his human for abandoning him. He enjoys causing trouble whenever he can and is incredibly self-assured. King is seen to be cunning and manipulative. did not abandon King, and that he had died. In the episode "The King Sting" Spark reveals that King's Owner, Morgen Edwards Sr. Ever since then, he grew up wanting revenge against D.O.G and became the leader of the Lost Dogs. However, King's opinion about humans changed one day, when his best human friend left him and the academy, heartbroken King lashed out breaking many of the academy's rules leading to his expulsion. In "The Thing With King", like Spark he too was a stray and welcomed into the Pup Academy as D.O.G, believed that he along with Morgan's dad were the ones of the prophecy.
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