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| NEWSLETTER - NOVEMBER 19 | |
| Before you look at today's web page, see if you can answer some of these questions about the events that happened on this day. 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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| Quotations for Today | |
| "The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead." - The Pencil as seen by Robert Brault. "Above all, there is a fascination of finding here and there under swaying vines, or perched on top of a beetling crag, the rugged masonry of a bygone race; and of trying to understand the bewildering romance of the ancient builders who, ages ago, sought refuge in a region which appears to have been expressly designed by nature as a sanctuary for the oppressed, a place where they might fearlessly and patiently given expression to their passion for walls of enduring beauty." - Hiram Bingham, American archaeologist (born 19 Nov 1875) describing the sensation of discovering Machu Picchu ruins. "My ambition, I fully admit, is to be in sole command of all the threads of this great affair ... In a word, I do not wish to accept the conditions of anyone else, my aim is to have my own way in everything." - Ferdinand de Lesseps (born 19 Nov 1805) describing a state of mind that brought him glory for supervising construction of a major project (in the quiz below) but had dire consequences later concerning the failed beginnings of another. | |
| QUIZ | |
| Births | |
| Stanley Keith Runcorn, born 19 Nov 1922, was British geophysicist who was the first to discover evidence of an interesting phenomenon of the Earth's magnetic field What was this phenomenon? | |
| Hiram Bingham was an American archaeologist who was the first western scientist to study Machu Picchu, one of the world's greatest archaeological sites. Machu Picchu is in which country, and was home to people of which civilization? | |
| Ferdinand, vicomte de Lesseps was born 19 Nov 1805. He is famous for building a major construction project. What was this construction project? | |
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| Tetsuya ("Ted") Fujita (1920-1998) was a Japanese-born meteorologist who discovered microbursts and their role in some airplane crashes. With his wife, he developed the Fujita scale of measurement. What does the Fujita scale measure? | |
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| On 19 Nov of a certain year, the first export shipment of petroleum from the U.S. to Europe left Philadelphia, Pa. for London, England. A cargo of 1,329 barrels was carried by the Elizabeth Watts, a 224-ton brig. In what decade was did petroleum export from the U.S. begin? | |
| 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 November 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 November 18: Alan B. Shepard, Jr.; 20 to 30 minutes; Denmark; the decade containing the year 1963; American Railway Association. | |
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