Once, a rabbit named Simu used to go to town school. He was in the ninth class and loved the most beautiful lady of his class. He daily saw her but never purposed his ladylove. Now Simu was in college but still he was afraid to purpose her. When Miss Macdonald asked him what the […]
Eugen Baumann was born on 12 December, 1846. He was a famous German chemist. He created Polyvinyl Chloride or PVC. Along with his partner Carl Schotten he was successful in discovering the Schotten-Burman reaction, a synthesis of amides from amines and acid chloride. He had completed his education in pharmacy from the University of Tubingen.
Once, a donkey was busy in carrying the load of his master. He was going towards his house. Then a jackal met him on the way. The jackal laughed at him mockingly, “How foolish you are who lives a life like a prisoner. Come with me, we will eat to our heart’s content without doing
Edwin Hubble, an American astronomer was born on 20 November, 1889 in Marshfield, Missouri, United States, and died on 28 September, 1953 in San Marino, California, at 63 years of age. Hubble is known generally for the popular Hubble’s law. With the use of Hooker Telescope, (which was the biggest telescope in the world at that
Edwin Howard Armstrong is also known as the ‘Father of FM’. He also invented regenerative circuit. Born on 18 December, 1890, he grew up in Yonkers, New York. Edwin was only eleven when the first trans-Atlantic radio transmission was made. This made Armstrong interested in studying radio and building homemade wireless equipment. He invented frequency-
Two very fast friends lived near a dingy but dry well. One of them was deaf whose name was Deefu. One day while playing with other friends Deefu’s best friend Noddy decided to venture into that well to spend some exhilarating time. But unknown of the inevitable danger they jumped into the well. The scene
Known as the ‘Father of Immunology’, Edward Jenner (17 May, 1749–26 January, 1823) was an English scientist. He is known for the invention of smallpox vaccine. Vaccination was a regular exercise but it could not prevent the disease from occurring. Edward Jenner decided to just add the element of prevention from occurring (Immunity) to the
Once, there lived a farmer with his wife and two children. His wife was very much fond of animals and they had already adopted many animals as pets. But now she had the choice of a mule. So she asked her husband to bring a mule. The farmer proceeded to search for a mule. Meanwhile,
Once, a monkey lived on a mango tree, by River Ganga. One day, a crocodile came to him and asked for a mango. The monkey gave him the mango and became his friend. Now the crocodile visited there daily. One day, the crocodile’s wife felt very ill. She asked her husband to get her a
Edouard Branly (23 October, 1844–24 March, 1940) was a French inventor, physicist and also a professor at the Institute Catholique de Paris. He is recognized for his early interest in wireless telegraph and his discovery of the Branly Cohere around 1890 which gave him a biggest success. He completed his higher education from Ecole Normale
Earl W. Bascom was an American painter who was born on 19 June, 1906. His father was John W. Bascom who was the Deputy Sheriff in Utha. Earl had multihued family backdrop having a group nationalities and mores such as Quaker, Basque and Huguenot. He completed his graduation from the Brigham Young University. Boscom was
Chapter 4 Once more the lazy, string-tied, shuffling procession got under way, and she slept till they reached the next halting-stage. It was a very short march, and time lacked an hour to sundown, so Kim cast about for means of amusement. ‘But why not sit and rest?’ said one of the escort. ‘Only the
Once, three friends Sheena, the starfish Emily; the sea urchin with sharp spikes; and Kullu, the crab; lived in the sea. Sheena and Emily loved to live in the shallow side of sea but Kullu was very much afraid of the shallow sea. His constant efforts at jumping into the deep sea from the rocks
Ernest Beaux was born on 8 December, 1881 in Moscow. He was well known as a French and Russian perfumer. His grandfather was Jean-Joseph Beaux who was related to Napoleon’s army as a soldier. Edouard Beaux was the father of Ernest Beaux. Edouardovich was Ernest’s older brother who was involved to A. Rallet & Co.
Emil Fischer (9 October, 1852–15 July, 1919) was a German chemist who discovered the phenylhydranzine and the Fischer Esterification. He also carried the synthesis of tea, coffee, caffeine and cocoa. He proved the relation between fructose and glucose. His significant research on sugar included the synthesis of glucosides. He also found out methods to separate