Feathered friends
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Oil exploration in the late 19th century relied on the fossil marine microorganism foraminifera. A gathering of two or three dead ones of the species signified that there was oil nearby. This allowed oil barons during the period to determine of source of sludge coming out of creeks.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1997
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Tick tock
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The Big Ben is accurate and Newton had been right about the earth being an oblate spheroid as Pierre Louis Maupertuis had proven. Maupertuis' exploits earned him enemies and he was forced to seek refuge in the home of Bernoulli.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1998
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Stones and bones
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Sir Hans Sloane was credited for the invention of chocolate while William Cheselden was known as the author of 'Osteographica'. Robert Boyle's work on gases also led to the formulation of different laws on gas dynamics.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1997
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