Saturday, October 20, 2012

22 October Knowledge History - Science, Engineering and Management





Birthdays

Constantine Samuel Rafinesque 1783
Stephen Moulton Babcock 1843
 Frederick William Twort 1877
Clinton Joseph Davisson 1881
Charles Glen King 1896


Frank Harold Spedding, 1902
American chemist who, during the 1940s and '50s, developed processes for reducing individual rare-earth elements to the metallic state at low cost, thereby making these substances available to industry at reasonable prices


George Beadle 1903
Karl Jansky 1905


http://todayinsci.com/10/10_22.htm


Events


1797, the first parachute jump was made by André-Jacques Garnerin, released from a balloon 2,230-ft above the Parc Monceau, Paris.
1872, Thomas A. Edison was issued patents for an improvement in "Paper for Chemical Telegraphs" and for an improved "Apparatus for Perforating Paper for Telegraph Use" (U.S. Nos.132455, -6).
1878, Thomas A. Edison was issued a patent for "Quadruplex-Telegraph Repeaters" (U.S. No. 209,241).
1879  Edison's long series of experiments testing materials for suitability as an electric light filament reached a turning point.
1906, Henry Ford became President of Ford Motor Company.
1912, Thomas A. Edison was issued patents for a "Conveyor" related to a cement kiln, and for a "Phonograph-Stylus" formed of crystallized boron


1938 Xerography demonstrated
   http://www.ideafinder.com/history/inventions/xerography.htm
   http://www.xerox.com/downloads/usa/en/innovation/innovation_storyofxerography.pdf
   Chester Carlson http://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200310/history.cfm
   Surface Science of Xerography - http://144.206.159.178/ft/976/52192/915992.pdf
   Chester Carlson and the Development of Xerography - Google book link
    http://books.google.co.in/books/about/Chester_Carlson_and_the_Development_of_X.html?id=kr6zPkUPswIC&redir_esc=y

1981  FDA Aspartame table-top approval
1938 Xerography demonstrated

http://todayinsci.com/10/10_22.htm#event


Knowledge History of the Day - Index for the Year

Management Theory Review Blog
Management Knowledge Center
Engineering and Technology Knowledge Center
Science Knowledge Center
Social Science Knowledge Center

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