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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (52677)7/25/2009 8:11:50 AM
From: arun gera3 Recommendations  Read Replies (3) of 217979
 
>Fibre and ditch diggers were invented in English.>

True. Interestingly, the father of "optical fiber" was a Sikh born in Punjab, India who studied in UK and US.

en.wikipedia.org

Also from:

en.wikipedia.org

>In 1952, physicist Narinder Singh Kapany conducted experiments that led to the invention of optical fiber.>

Practical applications, such as close internal illumination during dentistry, appeared early in the twentieth century. Image transmission through tubes was demonstrated independently by the radio experimenter Clarence Hansell and the television pioneer John Logie Baird in the 1920s. The principle was first used for internal medical examinations by Heinrich Lamm in the following decade. In 1952, physicist Narinder Singh Kapany conducted experiments that led to the invention of optical fiber.

-Arun
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