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| NEWSLETTER - AUGUST 21 | |
| Before you look at today's web page, see if you can answer some of these questions about the events that happened on August 21. 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. | |
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| QUIZ | |
| Births | |
| Charles Gerhardt, William Murdock and Jean Servais Stas were each born on 21 Aug, though in different years. Not in the same order, they were notable for accurate determinations of atomic weights, first to make extensive use of coal gas for illumination, and developing a classification of organic compounds. Can you match each scientist to his claim to fame? | |
| Deaths | |
| Count Benjamin Thompson Rumford (1753-1814) was an American-born British physicist, government administrator, and a founder of the Royal Institution of Great Britain, London. Because he was a Redcoat officer and an English spy during the American revolution, he moved into exile in England. For what field of investigation is he best known? | |
| Events | |
| On 21 Aug 1986, more than 1700 people died when gas erupted from Lake Nyos, a volcanic lake in the West African nation of Cameroon. The gas flowed down valleys and travelled as far as 15 miles (25 km) from the lake. What gas caused these deaths? | |
| 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 August 21 web page of Today in Science History. Or, try this link first for just the brief answers. | |
| Fast answers for the previous newsletter for August 20: Sputnik I. Forsmann = catheterization; Suess = Gondwanaland; Berzelius = element symbols. He believed in a steady-state theory (He only coined the term "Big Bang," which he did not believe in). 400,000 atmospheres. Greeting in many languages; music samples; sound of nature. Decade containing the year 1930 | |
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