27 November Knowledge History - Science, Engineering and Management

1826 - John Walker,  an Englishman from Stockton-on-Tees, invented the first practical  friction match,

1834 - The electric motor was invented by Thomas Davenport.  Davenport secured  US patent No. 132 on 25 Feb 1837  for his direct current motor. He combined the concept of the electromagnet with commutator and brushes to control the direction of current flow to produce rotary motion.
http://edisontechcenter.org/DavenportThomas.html

2001, sodium was detected in the atmosphere of an extrasolar planet by the Hubble Space Telescope.




Birthday

1701 - Anders Celsius
Anders Cesius proposed the centigrade temperature scale that set 0° at the point where water boils and 100° at the point where water freezes.  'Centigrade' refers to the Latin word for '100 steps'. Carolus Linnaeus reversed the endpoints and called the scale Celsius.

1874 - Chaim Azriel Weizmann
Weizmann was a Russian chemist who developed the method to produce acetone using bacteria and fermentation during World War I. Subsequently, he modified his technique to produce other organic compounds using bacteria during fermentation. He served as the first President of Israel.



2011
News
Report published in Astrophysical Journal, on 27 November 2011
Scientists discovered an planet in another solar system (exoplanet) Gliese 581g that has hospitable environment for life.

2012

Royal Society Event at London on 27 November 2012 -  6.30 pm to 7.30 pm

Newton and the Origin of Civilization
Based on  Isaac Newton's Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended, published in 1728, one year after the great man's death.
Recorded video will be available on this page a few days after the event.
http://royalsociety.org/events/2012/newton-and-civilization/

US has the highest Cyber Monday Sales
Nearly $1.5 billion - 20% more than last year.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-20506376

New Scientist 27 November 2012
http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2012/11/today-on-new-scientist-27-nove-1.html


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