Sweet dreams
Article Abstract:
Thoughts of an airline passenger on various science personalities and events are presented. These include Sir Hans Sloane who treated Lady Mary Wortley Montagu for smallpox, the Italian priest-experimenter Lazzaro Spallanzani and surgeon Alexis Carrel who developed new suturing techniques.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1996
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Connections
Article Abstract:
Country vicar William Paley influenced other men with his perception that everything has practically a reason for its being. Such a discernment became the driving force of the establishment of the London Zoological Society by Sir Stamford Raffles.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1997
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Top to bottom
Article Abstract:
The first chronometer was invented by clockmaker John Harrison in 1764. It consisted of a spring and a brass slider to eliminate the effects of the rocking motion in ships. The invention was later called spring clocks.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1995
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic: