SCIENCE IN AUGUST

                                                 

Aug 1 – 1774  Oxygen was found

            Joseph Priestly, English Chemist idendified a gas ‘Oxygen’.

 First he called it ‘dephlogisticated air’.

 Aug 1 – 1763 Metric System

            France became the first country to use the metric system of weights and measures.

 Aug 3 – 1994  Heart transplant in India

            The  first heart transplant in India was performed at AIIMS, New Delhi by cardiologist P.Venugopal on Devi Ram, a mechanic.

Aug 5 – 1914 First Traffic Lights

            The world’s first traffic lights were installed in USA.

 

Aug 6 – 1945  Atom bomb on Japan

            The atom bomb was used in war for the first time.  US Airforce dropped Little Boy on Hiroshima.

Aug 9 – 1910 Washing Machine

            The electric – powered washing machine was patented by Alva. J.Fisher of USA.

Aug 9 – 1945 Fat man on Japan

            The first plutomium fission bomb ‘ Fat man’ was dropped by US Air Force on Nagasaki.

 Aug 10 – 1897 Aspirin

            The world’s first truly synthetic medicine ‘Aspirin’ was produced by Felix Hoffmann of  Germany.

Aug 12 – 1919  Vikram Sarabhai born

            Vikram Sarabhai, Indian space scientist was born in Gujarat.

 Aug 13 – 1984 Argon Gas

            The discovery of Argon Gas was announced in London.

Aug 15 – 1969 ISRO

            Indian space Research Organisation (ISRO) was formed.

Aug 18 – 1951 IIT – Kharagpur

            IIT, Kharagpur was inaugurated in West Bengal.

Aug 23 -1966  First Photograph of Earth

            American space craft Lunar Orbiter–1 sent back the first photograph of the Earth from the Moon. 

Aug 29 – 1831 Electromagnetic Induction

            Electromagnetic induction was discovered by Michael Far a day.

 Aug 31 – 1971 V C R

            The world’s first videocassetle recorder was lannched in England.