The Little Book of Irish Science SFI Little Book of Irish Science | Page 70

67 1893 - 1981
Sir James Martin, of County Down,
invented the fi rst ejector seat after
being seated next to an irritating
person on a fl ight with no means
of escape.
68 1847
Henry Archer a London-based Irish
businessman and landowner, devised
a perforation machine specifi cally
designed to perforate sheets of stamps,
giving that classic rippled outline that we
all know and love today.