To surrender or relinquish, as sovereign power; to withdraw definitely from filling or exercising, as a high office, station, dignity; as, to abdicate the throne, the crown, the papacy. [imp. & p. p. Abdicated ( ); p. pr.
History of IR and FTIR spectroscopy. Chemical IR spectroscopy was emerged as a science in 1800 by Sir William Herschel. Firstly most IR instrumentation was based on prism or grating monochromators. Michelson invented interferometer in 1881.
Quick Answer. The Electrical Numerator Integrator and Calculator (ENIAC) was the first computer, and it was developed in 1946 by John Presper Eckert and John Mauchly. The duo's research was sponsored by the U.S. military.