science newsletter: Newsletter for Wednesday 24 July

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Newsletter for Wednesday 24 July

Newsletter - July 24 - Today in Science History

TODAY IN SCIENCE HISTORY
NEWSLETTER - 24 JULY

Feature for Today

On 24 Jul 1847, the American inventor Richard M. Hoe, was issued a patent for a significantly new type of printing press on this day.

In his productive life, he designed various important improvements to printing presses.

To learn more on his continuing improvments, read this interesting article, a chapter from Kings of Fortune (1888).

Book of the Day

On 24 Jul 1974, the English physicist died whose discovery of the neutron was recognized with a Nobel Prize in Physics. His name is a question in the quiz below. If you can't quickly put your finger on his name, perhaps you'd benefit from learning more from this book. Today's Science Store pick is a biography of his life The Neutron and the Bomb, by Andrew P. Brown. The author tells how this physicist's life was molded by great events, including both world wars (which carried him though internment camps and narrow escapes) and the development of the atom bomb. Indeed, during the Second World War, he was to become Britain's foremost authority on nuclear weaponry and chief British scientist on the Manhattan Project. As an eye-witness account of some of the most dramatic discoveries and developments of the 20th century, this biography is both gripping and insightful.
Price New from $68.95. Also available Used from $59.95 (as of time of writing).

For picks from earlier newsletters, see the Today in Science Science Store home page.

Quotations for Today
	"Now and then women should do for themselves what men have already done—and occasionally what men have not done—thereby establishing themselves as persons, and perhaps encouraging other women toward greater independence of thought and action. Some such consideration was a contributing reason for my wanting to do what I so much wanted to do." - Aviator, in the quiz below (born 24 Jul 1897)
	"True rigor is productive, being distinguished in this from another rigor which is purely formal and tiresome, casting a shadow over the problems it touches." - Émile Picard, French mathematician (born 24 Jul 1856)

QUIZ
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.
Births
	One of the world's most celebrated aviators was born 24 Jul 1897 in Kansas. She was the first woman to fly alone over the Atlantic Ocean. Can you name this woman?
Deaths
	An English epidemiologist (1912-2005) was one of the first two researchers to make a significant link between a disease and a major cause. A year before he died, he published a 50-year study quantifying the health effects involved. *What was the disease, and the cause he linked to it?*
	An English physicist (1891-1974) discovered the third atomic particle - the neutron. *Can you name this man?*
Events
	On 24 Jul of a certain year, Cape Canaveral recorded its first successful rocket launch. "Bumper" No. 8 was a captured German V-2 rocket. In what decade did this first successful launch at Cape Canaveral take place?
	On 24 Jul 1847, Richard M. Hoe of New York City patented a new type of printing press on this day. What was his innovation?

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 24 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 23: the study of the three-dimensional arrangements of atoms within molecules; army ants; neon, krypton and xenon, and co-discovered argon, radon; English; at the base of the brain; twin-cylinder.

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