Cool stuffs
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In 1950, Dr. John Gorrie of Florida devised a machine that resembles an air conditioner to treat his patients suffering from malaria, thinking that the disease is caused by hot weather. The machine was run by a steam engine used to propel a cylinder immersed in brine.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1997
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Revolutionary stuff
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The connection between Copernicus's treatise on planetary orbits and the music played in the victory of the American over the British in the battle of Yorktown is traced through its connecting events, persons, concept and dates.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1997
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Healthy blooms
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Genius people who have contributed various dicoveries in science are presented. Belgian astronomer and mathematicia Adolphe Quetelet, for instance, who became obsessed with numbers, led him to invent the concept the average joe.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1997
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