In 1879 after 1000s of failures Edison found a simple scorched cotton thread worked best as one of these
It's all downhill for the object seen here
This attachment adds a burst of light to brighten the photos of the Eiffel Tower that you take at night
Lavoisier was one of the men on the committee that came up with this measurement system in 1790s France
In the 1780s William Herschel determined its axial inclination & found it had ice caps
The discovery of this element in 1669 has led to a lot of friction -- in matches
To a Frenchman, it's a sphere on which a map of the Earth is depicted
The costumes for this 1991 Steven Spielberg film included 350 pirate outfits for the extras alone
It's a newspaper like the one for Wall Street or a magazine like the one for ladies' homes
In 1815 Washington Irving planned to join Stephen Decatur on an expedition against these north African pirates