50, 100 & 150 Years Ago.

• Localización: Scientific American, ISSN 0036-8733, Vol. 295, Nº. 2, 2006, págs. 16-16
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The article presents science news briefs from the magazine from 50, 100 and 150 years ago. In August 1956 the neutrino was discovered by Frederick Reines and Clyde L. Cowan Jr. at Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory. In August 1906 William S. Meade died after squandering the fortune he made on a meat preservation process in a hunt for a sunken treasure boat. In August 1856 the magazine reported on a anti-theft device disguised as a watch.