The Little Book of Irish Science SFI Little Book of Irish Science | Page 100

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.
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.