Write For Us

Would the Venn cricket machine bowl you out?

E-Commerce Solutions SEO Solutions Marketing Solutions
24 Views

  • Thanks! Share it with your friends!

    You disliked this video. Thanks for the feedback!

ava
Published
Howzat?! ???? Engineers at Cambridge have reconstructed a historic bowling machine that bowled out players from the Australian cricket team during a visit to the city more than 100 years ago.

Using patent illustrations and an old photograph discovered online, the team brought the 7-foot contraption to life using materials that would have been available when Dr John Venn – who first described what are now known as Venn Diagrams, and was also President of Gonville & Caius College – created it in the early 1900s.

???????? Hugh Hunt, Professor of Engineering Dynamics and Vibration at Cambridge, set the University Engineering department the challenge of recreating the machine, which will be used at events and open days, and aims to capture the imagination of young people considering a career in maths and engineering.

#Cambridge #CambridgeUniversity #Cricket #TheAshes #History #SportsHistory
Category
Academic
Tags
Cambridge University, Cambridge research, Cricket
Sign in or sign up to post comments.
Be the first to comment