Newsletter for Thursday 22 August

 

TODAY IN SCIENCE HISTORY

NEWSLETTER - AUGUST 22

Before you look at today's web page, see if you can answer some of these questions about the events that happened on August 22. 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

Paul Gottlieb Nipkow, Denis Papin and Denton Cooley were each born on 22 Aug, though in different years. Not in the same order, they were notable for: being the first to implant an artificial heart in a human; inventing the television scanning principle; inventing the pressure cooker Can you match each scientist to his claim to fame?

Deaths

Sir Oliver Lodge (1851-1940) was a British physicist who perfected the "coherer." What was the function of the "coherer"?

Franz Joseph Gall was a German anatomist and physiologist who originated phrenology. What is phrenology?

Events

On 22 Aug 1989, a new feature of the planet Neptune was discoverd. What was this feature?

On 22 Aug 1962, The Savannah completed her maiden voyage from Yorktown, Va., to Savannah, Ga. What was the source of power for this ship, a world's first?

On 22 Aug 1787, inventor John Fitch demonstrated his steamboat on the Delaware River to delegates of the Continental Congress. What was its top speed in mph?

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 22 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 21:  Gerhardt = classification of organic compounds; Murdock = first to make extensive use of coal gas for illumination; Stas = determinations of atomic weights; morphed from the word googol for the huge number given by a 1 followed by 100 zeros; investigations of heat; astronomy - his limit refers to the mass of a white dwarf star; carbon dioxide; Neptune.

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