360What happened in 1845?
3 moments from 1845 on 360n60, each told in 60 words or fewer.
- On this day · 17 March 1845
The rubber band is patented
On 17 March 1845, Stephen Perry of the London company Messrs Perry and Co was granted a patent for rubber bands, made from vulcanised rubber. Cheap and simple, they became one of the most widely used everyday objects in offices, homes and post rooms.
- On this day · 2 April 1845
The first photograph of the Sun is taken
On 2 April 1845, the French physicists Hippolyte Fizeau and Léon Foucault took the first detailed photograph of the Sun, a daguerreotype exposed for a fraction of a second. Sunspots are visible on it. Today telescopes in space watch the Sun around the clock to forecast space weather.
- On this day · 28 August 1845
Scientific American is first published
On 28 August 1845, the first issue of Scientific American appeared in New York, a four-page weekly newspaper about inventions. It is the oldest continuously published magazine in the United States, and has carried articles by more than 200 Nobel Prize winners.