Bez komży

KnC 6/2012

English

English

A RECIPE FOR AN INVENTION

Autor: Karolina Pluta
Have you ever wondered why some people make spectacular discoveries or inventions? In many cases the answer is simple: because they are scientists and the discovery is a result of their hard work and earlier concepts.

For example, before brothers Orvill and Wilbur Wright made their first motor airplane flight in 1903, Leonardo da Vinci had drawn the project of flying machines, Veranzio had designed a parachute in the XII century and brothers Montgolfier had flown a balloon for the first time.
Some of the inventions are a kind of “side effect” of another research. While Alexander Fleming was working on the pathogenic bacteria, he discovered penicillin. One day, Fleming didn’t clean the laboratory before going on a weekend. When he came back, he noticed mould in the lab containers in which he cultivated bacteria. What is more, this mould killed the bacteria, which led Fleming to extract the first antibiotic - penicillin.
Spencer Silver was working on a super strong glue. Instead, he created a glue that barely kept together two pieces of paper. This product seemed useless until his friend Arthur Fry found an application for it. Arthur was singing in the church choir and was frustrated because the pieces of paper he used to mark pages in his hymnbook always fell out. He reminded himself of Spencer’s glue, which turned out to be a perfect solution for keeping the bookmarks. That’s how the famous Post It Note began its career.
There are many factors that can became an inspiration of an invention. Even as a child somebody can make a discovery, which would bring him a fortune. As a boy, Frank Epperson left out on a cold night a drink with a stirring stick inside. By the next morning, the drink had frozen to the stick. Thanks to Epperson we can now eat ice creams on a stick.

Karolina Pluta

Konsultacja jezykowa: Ryszard Piękoś
 
Słownik/Dictionary:
Recipe – przepis
Post It Note – karteczka samoprzylepna
Motor – tu: silnik
Side effect – efekt uboczny
Pathogenic – chorobotwórczy
Mould – pleśń
Stick – patyk

fot. Archiwum KnC

Komentarze

Zostaw wiadomość
Wpisz kod bezpieczeństwa
 Security code

Komentarze - facebook

Facebook - ministranci.pl

Inne bez komży

KnC 12/2024, Michał Bondyra
KnC 12/2024, ks. Patryk Nachaczewski
KnC 11/2024, Michał Bondyra

Z komżą

KnC 12/2024, Redakcja "KnC"
KnC 12/2024, ks. Dawid Wojdowski
KnC 12/2024, ks. Jakub Dębiec
KnC 12/2024, ks. Kamil Falkowski
Zajrzyj do księgarni
Myśli na każdy dzień Escriva
św. Josemaría Escrivá
KSIĄŻKA
34,90 zł 29,90 zł
Brudny Bóg
Johnnie Moore
KSIĄŻKA
25,00 zł 5,00 zł
Świątynia w niebezpieczeństwie
Jean-Michel Touche
KSIĄŻKA
27,00 zł 5,00 zł

Ciekawe wydarzenia

 
Newsletter
Zapisz się i otrzymuj zawsze bieżące informacje.
Social media