My first Magazine SFI Little Book - April Re-print edits included | Page 17

24 1789
Sligo native, William Higgins, proposes an
early atomic theory. He is the first to use
letters to denote elements and lines for
chemical bonds.
26 1869
Thomas Andrews, at Queen’s University
Belfast, is the first to make liquid gas,
now vital in refrigeration, medicine
and industry.
25 1662
It is said that Waterford born Robert Boyle
was the “Father of Modern Chemistry”, he
went on to establish Boyle’s Law, a law that
relates the pressure and volume of an
ideal gas.
P 1 V 1 = P 2 V 2
P V = P V
27 1964
John Bell, also from Belfast, publishes a
theorem which proves Einstein wrong -
the world really is quantum and ‘spooky’.