Samuel Guthrie ?
Naughty Gentleman Biker
Samuel Guthrie ?
Oh bugger
I'ma get medieval on your ass!
Fair enough, clerk and ether fit but poetry and guitar were a bit questionable....Originally Posted by Mikkel
Psyclepath
Clerk! James Clerk Maxwell? He of the equations?
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Homo Sapiens Vulgaris
That is the one
Good effort!
Maxwell's equations, when combined, shows that electro-magnetic radiation propagate as waves through space. When you extract the propagation velocity of the this resulting wave you have a figure consisting of universal constants (permittivity and permeability of free space) and material variables (relative permittivity and permeability (=1 in free space)) which, for free space, yields a figure very close to three hundred million meters per second - AKA c, the speed of light. People had measured the speed of light pretty precisely at this point - but here Maxwell provided a theoretical figure based on already known constants which matched the experimental figures too closely to be a conincidence.
Maxwell's equation didn't assume any carrier medium (the ether) for these waves, but still provide accurate prediction of their propagation.
The equations didn't answer all questions - and Einstein's theory of relativity did a lot too smooth out some of the "potholes" in the understanding of such matters.
David Morgan-Mar, author of Irregular Webcomic, explains it all very well in the commentary to one of his webcomics: http://www.irregularwebcomic.net/1420.html
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Psyclepath
Next one:
This Dutchman's timing was deadly.
Only a homo puts an engine back together WITHOUT making it go faster.
Homo Sapiens Vulgaris
Huygens? ... Christiaan Huygens that is.
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Psyclepath
No. You need to think more mechanically.
Only a homo puts an engine back together WITHOUT making it go faster.
I'ma get medieval on your ass!
Well bugger, I looked at Maxwell but considered that Einstein got rid of the Aether with his General theory.
Nana on a Hotrod
Jacob Waltz
'Good things come to those who wait'
Bollocks, get of your arse and go get it
Psyclepath
No, but I can use that to add another clue. Waltz was a German, who people thought was Dutch. The guy you're looking for was Dutch, but most people probably think he was German.
Only a homo puts an engine back together WITHOUT making it go faster.
I'ma get medieval on your ass!
Maurits Cornelis Escher - ok I know it isn't him but he's an interesting Dutchman anyway.
Psyclepath
OK, recap the clues time:
We're looking for a Dutch engineer who you might think was German. His perfection of someone else's patented invention made his main product much more deadly.
If that doesn't give it away, his name is usually linked with the famous operator of his products, who was German.
Only a homo puts an engine back together WITHOUT making it go faster.
I'ma get medieval on your ass!
Oh ok, Anthony Fokker. Inventor of the timed machinegun to fire through propellors. Worked with Hugo Junkers.
Deus ex ukulele
Died of Huntingdon's Disease, proving that one really can get anything that one wants.
"Standing on your mother's corpse you told me that you'd wait forever." [Bryan Adams: Summer of 69]
Psyclepath
Well done Winston.
Only a homo puts an engine back together WITHOUT making it go faster.
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