Comments on: The group was elitist, but it was also meritocratic https://www.isegoria.net/2023/01/the-group-was-elitist-but-it-was-also-meritocratic/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:38:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: David Foster https://www.isegoria.net/2023/01/the-group-was-elitist-but-it-was-also-meritocratic/comment-page-1/#comment-3585910 David Foster Tue, 10 Jan 2023 22:50:09 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=49595#comment-3585910 Maybe under-rates the degree to which science was applied to military purposes in Britain…they pioneered the military application of radar, then developed the magnetron, which enabled the short wavelengths required for airborne radar. Also, the development of the jet engine.

I believe it was France, circa 1900 thru WWI, which pioneered the use of advanced mathematical techniques for artillery trajectory calculations.

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