After Dinner got 20-ft on the Moon but it clouded & got low so that nothing could be made of it. NB. For a long while past the propensity to sleep after dinner has been irresistible, not a mere nap, ...

John Frederick William Herschel was a man of many talents. Born in England during the late 18th century, he was an accomplished mathematician, chemist, and inventor. He created the Julian Day system, ...

John Glenn and Scott Carpenter (at the time, the last two living Mercurcy 7 astronauts) embrace after being co-awarded The Legendary Explorer Medal at ECAD 2013 To My Fellow Explorers: It is with a ...

The Royal Society King’s Medal in gold awarded to Sir John Frederick William Herschel, KH, FRS (1792-1871), one of the great British scientists of the 19th century is estimated to fetch in excess of ...

Newspaper readers were captivated by news of an amazing scientific discovery: Creatures — including winged humanoids — who lived on the moon. The story got a lot of attention. And it sold a lot of ...

In 1842, British scientist Sir John Herschel experimented with the effect of light on iron compounds, inventing a process to produce the blue-tinted prints we know as cyanotypes. While one of the most ...

After a stellar explosion was reported in 1866, British astronomer John Herschel announced he had seen a bright flare from the same location 24 years earlier. Herschel's claim was contested almost ...

John Glenn, first American to orbit the earth in 1962 and the third American in space, died Dec. 8 at the age of 95. Below are some interesting tidbits about Glenn, particularly his time spent at ...

WALCOTT, Iowa -- Herschel John Greenwalt, Walcott, died Saturday, August 2, 2008, at his daughter's home in Clinton. A memorial service will be held at Community Fellowship Church in Blue Grass, Iowa, ...