Quote of the day
At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged.
William Bourne

Born: 1535
Died: 1582 (aged 47)
Bio: William Bourne was an English mathematician, innkeeper and former Royal Navy gunner who presented the first design for a navigable submarine and wrote important navigational manuals. He is often called William Bourne of Gravesend.