| |
| NEWSLETTER - JULY 19 |
| Before you look at today's web page, see if you can answer some of these questions about the events that happened on July 19. Some of the names are very familiar. Others will likely stump you. Tickle your curiosity with these questions, then check your answers on today's web page. |
| Quotations for Today |
| "" - |
| QUIZ |
| Births |
| Rosalyn S. Yalow, born 19 Jul 1921, was an American medical physicist, joint recipient (with Andrew V. Schally and Roger Guillemin) of the 1977 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine What was her work that earned the Nobel Prize? |
| Deaths |
| Pierre-Joseph Pelletier (1788-1842) was a French chemist who helped found the chemistry of vegetable alkaloids such as chlorophyll, strychnine and caffeine. In 1823, using elementary closed-tube analyses in which the alkaloids were combusted, he discovered a certain element was present in these organic compounds, other than carbon, oxygen and hydrogen. What was the element discovered to be present? |
| Events |
| On 19 Jul 1935, the first of a kind of revenue-producing device were installed in the Oklahoma City business district. They were the brain-child of Carl C. Magee of the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce. Magee applied for a patent on his device on 13 May 1935 (issued 24 May 1938). What was this device? |
| On 18 Jul 1837, the steamship S.S. Great Western, was launched at Bristol, the first of three ships, each of them the largest in the world when launched. The Great Western, a wooden steamer propelled by paddle wheels, crossed the Atlantic from Bristol to New York in 15 days. The successors were S.S. Great Britain (also launched 18 Jul, but in 1943) and S.S. Great Eastern (1858). What great British engineer designed these ships? |
| Answers |
| When you have your answers ready to all the questions above, you'll find all the information to check them, and more, on the July 19 web page of Today in Science History. Or, try this link first for just the brief answers. |
| Fast answers for the previous newsletter for July 18: Gilbert White; Robert Hooke; a small capsule of his ashes were launched in a memorial capsule aboard Lunar Prospector to the moon; 62; New York. |
| Feedback |
| If you enjoy this newsletter, the website, or wish to offer encouragement or ideas, please write. |
--
If you do not want to receive any more newsletters, this link
To update your preferences and to unsubscribe visit this link
If you do not want to receive any more newsletters, this link
To update your preferences and to unsubscribe visit this link
! !
Δεν υπάρχουν σχόλια:
Δημοσίευση σχολίου