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.

Appreciation

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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.

Behavior, Church officers, Paley, William S., Davy, Humphry, Morse, Samuel F. B.

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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.

Column, History, Chronometers

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