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| NEWSLETTER - NOVEMBER 15 | |
| 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 | |
| "I have looked further into space than even human being did before me. I have observed stars of which the light, it can be proved, must take two million years to reach earth." - William Herschel (born 15 Nov 1738) "Never doubt that a small, group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - American anthropologist in the quiz below (died 15 Nov 1978) "I felt that since I had spent many years partly in theoretical work, partly in the discussion of observations which had been collected by others, it would be extremely valuable for me to spend a number of years in close contact with the events in nature and with the opportunity to get fully acquainted with various techniques of observation." - H.U. Sverdrup when asked by Roald Amundsen to take charge of the scientific work on the North Polar Maud expedition (born 15 Nov 1888) | |
| QUIZ | |
| Births | |
| Sir William (Frederick) Herschel, born 15 Nov 1738, was a German-born British astronomer, the founder of sidereal astronomy for the systematic observation of the heavens. His systematic study of the sky let him to the discovery of a new planet. Which planet did he discover? | |
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| An American anthropologist (1901-1978) was best-known for her studies of the nonliterate peoples of Oceania, especially with regard to various aspects of comparative child psychology, oceanic ethnology, cooperation and competition among primitive peoples, and cross-cultural communications. Her book, Coming of Age in Samoa, was - and remains - a best-seller. Can you name this scientist? | |
| Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) was a German astronomer who discovered three major laws of planetary motion. What simple idea is given in his first law of planetary motion? | |
| Events | |
| On 15 Nov of a certain year, a German scientist, Dr. Carl Gassner, was issued a U.S. patent (No. 373,064) for the first "dry" cell, which used zinc as its primary ingredient. He encased the cell chemicals in a sealed zinc container. Gassner's battery was much like the carbon-zinc, general-purpose batteries on the market today. Within one decade later, the National Carbide Company, later Union Carbide and Eveready, produced the first consumer dry cell battery. In what decade was the dry-cell patent issued? | |
| A journal entry made on 15 Nov 1492 by a famous explorer noted the use of tobacco among Indians - the first recorded reference to tobacco. Who was this explorer? | |
| 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 15 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 14: The decade containing the decade 1965; insulin, diabetes; uniformitarianism; microscopic particles in the condensation of atmospheric water vapour in clouds and fogs; fullerenes or buckyballs. | |
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