My first Magazine SFI Little Book - April Re-print edits included | Page 52

97 1854
George Boole was a professor in University College
Cork who wrote ‘The Laws of Thought’ which
contained Boolean Algebra, a form of logic that
was later used to develop electronics systems that
used binary instructions.
99 1904
Dublin born Lucien Bull pioneered
high-speed photography, capturing
a fly in slow motion.
98 1799-1864
Nicholas Joseph Callan, born in
County Louth, invented the induction
coil as well as the worlds largest
battery, the self-exciting dynamo and
numerous electric motors.
100 1930
County Down native, James Drumm invented
the nickel-zinc rechargeable battery.