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Howzat! Cambridge University engineers recreate Venn’s historic bowling machine

A wooden contraption that bowled out an Australian international cricketer four times in 1909 – and was designed by the mathematician who gave his name to Venn diagrams – has been recreated by Cambridge University engineers.The bowling machine was the brainchild of Dr John Venn and its recreation can launch balls towards a batter at around 33mph.Dr Venn, who died in 1923 aged 88, was president of Cambridge’s Gonville and Caius College and created the device in the early 1900s.
A wooden contraption that bowled out an Australian international cricketer four times in 1909 – and was designed by the mathematician who gave his name to Venn diagrams – has been recreated by Cambridge University engineers.The bowling machine was the brainchild of Dr John Venn and its recreation can launch balls towards a batter at around 33mph.Dr Venn, who died in 1923 aged 88, was president of Cambridge’s Gonville and Caius College and created the device in the early 1900s.
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2156832797
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Date created:
June 10, 2024
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00:03:10:02
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United Kingdom
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