First photographing method – Invention of daguerreotype – In 01.09.1839,
the French Academy of Sciences announced the invention of the daguerreotype,
the first shooting method. But it was a very expensive method. Which did not give the
possibility of obtaining multiple copies of a single negative.
Albert Schweitzer – In 01.14.1875 born French theologian, philosopher and physician A. Schweitzer.
In 1912 he resigned from the post of associate professor of theology at the University of Strasbourg.
A year later, in Lambarene (Gabon today) founded a hospital where he treated residents and
led the missionary center. In 1952 he received the Nobel Peace Prize.
First Winter Olympics – 25.01.1924 in Chamonix in the French Alps, opened the first
Winter Olympic Games. Called the Week of Winter Sports. At the conference,
the IOC in Prague a year later were considered to be the first Winter Olympics.
Measuring asteroids – Shape and size – French scientists from the Observatoire de la Cote d’Azur have developed a new way of measuring the shape and size of asteroids. They used an interferometer constructed of 2 VLT telescopes, with diameters of 8.2 m. To measure the asteroid Barbara. The results indicate that the asteroid is composed of two parts with a diameter of 37 and 21 km. Apart from each other 24 km.
Pierre Curie – French physicist – In 05.15.1859 was born French physicist Pierre Curie,
husband of Maria Curie-Sklodowska. He studied crystals and radioactivity.
He found with his wife elements radium and polonium. The first experience of
the use of radium in the fight against cancer conducted on himself.
In 1903 he received the Nobel Prize.
Antimalarial effective drug – Isolated Quinine. One of the first effective drugs for malaria was the bark of the Peruvian cinchona tree (Cinchona) containing alkaloid – quinine. Its action convinced the Jesuits and approx. 1640. Brought it from South America. to Europe. It was not until 1820. Quinine isolated the French chemists – Pierre Joseph Pelletier and Joseph Bienaime Caventou.
World atomic arsenal – Nuclear bombs are one of the most powerful and therefore most terrible weapons created by man. Here are the countries which have atomic arsenal:
– USA:
– Russia (USSR):
– Great Britain:
– France:
– China:
– India:
– Pakistan:
– Israel:
– North Korea (DPRK):
Jean Baptiste de Lamarck – French biologist – In 08.01.1744 born French biologist
J. B. de Lamarck, the founder of the theory called Lamarckism, speaking about
the fact that animals are capable of intentional transformation of their bodies,
to meet the challenges posed by the environment. This theory is incompatible
with the present resource of knowledge.
Pierre Larousse – Creator of 15-volume Encyclopedia – In 23.10.1817 was born French writer,
grammarian, lexicographer and publisher P. Larousse (died in 1885). He created 15-volume,
Encyclopedic Dictionary – “Grand dictionnaire Universal du XIX e siècle“.
Louis Lumiere – pioneer of world cinematography – In 10.05.1864 was born French
chemist L. Lumiere, one of the brothers – pioneers of world cinematography who, in 1895.
Constructed the cinematograph and 28 December at the “Salon of the Indian”,
(Capuchin boulevard in Paris) – organized the first public screening of the film.
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