Τρίτη 30 Ιουλίου 2013

Newsletter for Tuesday 30 July

 

Newsletter - July 30 - Today in Science History  


TODAY IN SCIENCE HISTORY
 NEWSLETTER - JULY 30
Before you look at today's web page, see if you can answer some of these questions about the events that happened on July 30. 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
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QUIZ
Births
Vladimir Kosma Zworykin, born 30 Jul 1889, was a Russian-born U.S. electronic engineer, inventor, known as "the Father of Television" who also invented the electron microscope. 
What was his important invention for television?
On 30 Jul 1863, an American inventor was born in Dearborn, Mich. He first experimented with internal combustion engines while he was an engineer with the Edison Illuminating Company. In 1903 he incorporated a company that within a few years had revolutionized his industry with precision manufactured parts designed to be standardized and interchangeable parts. Production was increased using a continuous moving assembly line. 
Can you name this inventor?
Deaths
John Milne (1850-1913) was an English geologist who is known as the "Father of Modern Seismology." It was because of his efforts that the first practical, worldwide net of earthquake monitoring stations were established. 
What did Milne invent?
Events
On 30 Jul 1898, Corn Flakes were invented at Battle Creek Sanitarium. The Sanitarium superintendent and his younger brother and business manager invented many grain-based foods, including a coffee substitute, a type of granola, and peanut butter to provide patients a strict nutritious diet. 
Can you name these inventors?
On 30 Jul 1898, Scientific American carried the first magazine automobile advertisement to "dispense with a horse" this day. The cars were expensive, purchased by the upper-middle-class, a market which the company lost to competition, and closed in 1924 
Which automobile company placed this advertisement?
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 30 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 29: ballpoint pen; safety pin; X-ray; cystallography; Law of Octaves; iron lung; the decade including the year 1920.
 
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