Newsletter for Tuesday 15 April

 

TODAY IN SCIENCE HISTORY

NEWSLETTER - APRIL 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.

QUIZ

Births

An Italian painter, born 15 Apr 1452, was also a great engineer and inventor who designed buildings, bridges, canals, forts and war machines. He kept huge notebooks sketching his ideas.  Can you name this scientist?

Deaths

Oscar Auerbach (1905-1997) was an American pathologist whose research showing that cigarette smoking was causally related to lung cancer, based on his examination of thousands of lung tissue samples. The work gained national prominence in the first Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health. In which decade was the first Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health published?

Thomas Drummond (1797-1840) was a Scottish inventor of the heliostatia and the Drummond light. Both were designed to make surveying  possible through day or night. His light was first used in autumn 1825 during the survey of Ireland. In 1829, he applied his idea for use in lighthouses. The brilliance of the light surpassed the various lights then known. It also replaced gas theatre stage lighting. What is the more familiar name of the light?

Events

On 15 Apr 1892, a company with a name well-known today was incorporated in New York state. It was formed from the Edison Electric Light Co. merged with other firms. What is the name of this company?

On 15 Apr of a certain year, insulin became generally available for diabetics' use. It was first discovered the previous year. Today, insulin, is used daily in the treatment of diabetes. Insulin, a natural and vital hormone for carbohydrate metabolism in the body, is manufactured by the pancreas.  In which decade was insulin made generally available to diabetics?

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 April 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 April 14: Dutch; Silent Spring; the decade including the year 1956; telescope.

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