This episode highlights four groundbreaking Australian inventions that changed our perception of the world. William and Lawrence Bragg developed X-ray crystallography, unveiling the atomic makeup of crystals. At the Australian National University, Milutin Stoilovic and his team collaborated with Federal Police to design the Polilight, a forensic lamp capable of revealing hidden fingerprints. Charles Tait, alongside his family, produced the first-ever feature film. Meanwhile, in the trenches of Gallipoli, William Beech engineered the periscope rifle, showcasing ingenuity in wartime.
Show
Aussie Inventions That Changed The World
Episode
S01E08
Air Date
Aug 12, 2019