Einstein refrigerator

The EinsteinSzilard or Einstein refrigerator is an absorption refrigerator which has no moving parts, operates at
constant pressure, and requires only a heat source to operate. It was jointly invented in 1926 by Albert Einstein and
his former student Le Szilrd and patented in the US on November 11, 1930 (U.S. Patent 1,781,541). This is an
alternative design from the original invention of 1922 by the Swedish inventors Baltzar von Platen and Carl Munters.
From 1926 until 1933 Einstein and Szilrd collaborated on ways to improve home refrigeration technology. The two
were motivated by contemporary newspaper reports of a Berlin family who had been killed when a seal in their
refrigerator broke and leaked toxic fumes into their home. Einstein and Szilrd proposed that a device without moving
parts would eliminate the potential for seal failure, and explored practical applications for different refrigeration cycles.
Einstein used the experience he had gained during his years at the Swiss Patent Office to apply for valid patents for
their inventions in several countries, the two eventually being granted 45 patents in their names for three different
models.

Madam curie discovered x-rays

In 1895 Wilhelm Roentgen discovered the existence of X-rays, though the mechanism behind their production was
not yet understood.[23]In 1896 Henri Becquerel discovered that uranium salts emitted rays that resembled X-rays in
their penetrating power.[23] He demonstrated that this radiation, unlike phosphorescence, did not depend on an
external source of energy but seemed to arise spontaneously from uranium itself.[8] Influenced by these two important

discoveries, Marie decided to look into uranium rays as a possible field of research for a thesis.[8][23]