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Torpedo (1864)

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  Torpedo (1864) *Giovanni Luppis creates the self-propelled uncderwater missile. *"Damn the torpedoes.... Captain Crayton, go ahead! Joucett, full speed!" Admiral David Farragut, Battle of Mobile Bay, 1864 "Torpedoes are examined on the derk of a target ship after a test firing from HMS Snapper in 1940 The British 7,000-ton steamer Beluchistan sank after this torpedo strike by the German U-boat U-68 in 1942".                         NDespite its notoriety as a naval weapon, the fir modem torpedo was developed in landincked Austa or rather by a retired army officer in what was then the Austrian Empire stretching down to the Adriatic Sea 1864 Giovanni Luppis (1813-1875) presented his idea of using small, unmanned boats carrying explosives against enemy ships to Robert Whitehead (1823 1905), an English engineer producing stram engines for the Austrian Navy Similar devices (spar torpedoes) were also employed in the American Civil War taking place at the same time. Howe
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Single lens reflex camera (1861)

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  Single-Lens Reflex Camera (1861) # Sutton ushers in modern photography with a new camera .             Single lens reflex camera                    The modern era of photography began in 1861 with the invention and patenting of the world's first single- lens reflex (SLR) camera by photography expert Thomas Sutton (1819-1875). His prototype led to the creation of the first batch of SLR cameras in 1884, with a design that is still in use today. Sutton also assisted James Clerk Maxwell in his successful demonstration of color photography in 1861.                                   In non-SLR cameras, light enters the viewfinder at a slightly different angle to that at which it enters the lens, so the resulting photo can appear different to the intended composition. in SLR cameras, a mirror is positioned in front of the lens and directs light up into a pentaprism. The light bounces between its edges until it enters the viewfinder with correct orientation, as if the viewer is looking d
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