As with past articles, information of historical value is always most important. Also, please remember, presented here are only snippets of information. And, when enough of the pieces are connected, a picture is revealed and an answer to an age old question find each other.įollow how the pieces, all separated by time but all interconnected became interlocked from person to person, and discovery to discovery when finally the clouds cleared and it becomes all clear. A single piece grows into multiple pieces, multiple pieces grow into entire sections, revealing previously unseen or unknown possibilities. As each piece of a puzzle is added to the whole, patterns slowly begin to emerge. Throughout the course of time, bits and pieces of answers to the infinite number of questions man has been asking since the dawn of time rise to the surface. Even as today’s events shape our lives, so it has been over the course of human history.
These and all the events that were occurring during this time period 1850 – 1890 affected and played a part in the development and shaping of the lives of those who will be mentioned below. The above was an extremely abridged rendition of past events but it does gave us a small window to look back into time and hear of a handful of a few events taking place. Friederich's son, Wilhelm II, son of Queen Victoria's politically liberal daughter, Vicki, becomes emperor, telephone, phonograph, the fountain pen, Vincent Van Gogh commits suicide, Statue of Liberty, Tesla, Eastman, Eiffel Tower, Adolf Hitler born, traffic stop sign invented, Jessie James killed, Czar Nicholas II of Russia was assassinated, Gunfight at the OK Corral, Automobiles with gasoline-powered internal combustion engines. His son, Friederich III, dies of throat cancer after reigning 99 days.
O'Leary's cow, Black Hills gold, “Yellow Hair’ and the 7th Calvary, Koch, Bismarck, Marx dies, Hertz, The German Emperor dies.
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The well-known “potato chip” invented in 1853, The Charge of the Light Brigade in 1854, 1855 saw the Bessemer process enable steel to be mass-produced, 1857 The Supreme Court of the United States, in the Dred Scott case, rules that African Americans, free or slave, are not citizens and have no recourse in federal courts, 1859 was a busy year: Charles Darwin publishes, John Tyndall describes carbon dioxide (CO2) and water vapor trapping heat in the atmosphere, he suggests that change in the concentration of gases could bring climate change, the first successful oil well in the United States is drilled, rabbits are brought to Australia, which will produce an ecology disaster, civil war in the USA, presidential assignation, Dmitri Mendeleev and the Periodic table, a gold spike unites east and west, William Crookes invented the Crookes tube, cathode rays, Mrs. Just to get our historical bearings and plant our feet, so-to-speak, let’s explore on the timeline and see what was occurring during the years 1850 to 1890. Which in the scheme of things wasn’t all that long ago. Did you know radioactivity was unknown and unheard of before 1896? Just a mere 120 years ago. To understand a word, an idea, an event it is always best to start at a historical beginning working from there. What would other groups in other countries think? Unlike Group A, who have very imaginative thoughts on the subject, Group B was never connected to it. Radioactivity isn’t part of their concerns. We already are aware of the things they are growing up with: computers, cell phones, video games, texting, pressures associated with schooling, peer pressures, drugs, wanting to fit in, music, guns and knives in school. Many of us have had or have children in this age group. They have no attachments to the events Group A had. Group “B”, a group of Boy Scouts ranging in age from 12 – 17 years. This groups thoughts of radioactivity was far different from that of Group “B”. All the members of this group grew up in and are U.S.
Members in this group grew up during the Great Depression of 1929 – 1939, World War II, the atomic bomb, the Cold War, Korea, the hydrogen bomb, cure for polio, McCarthyism, McDonalds, Disneyland, Rosa Parks and men on the moon. Group “A”, all senior citizens aged 65 and older. What does this word infer to you? Does it conjure up an apocalyptic earth? Maybe you see it as a medical miracle? Maybe you really never gave it much thought? Whatever your mind comes up with when hearing of seeing this word, a definition, a mental image, a fearful thought, a lifesaving procedure, a naturally occurring mineral, everyone has their own opinion on the subject.ĭuring the summer of 2016, I gave separate presentations to two vastly different age groups of people concerning radioactivity. Radioactive……… No that does not refer to turning the dial on your radio and searching for your favorite broadcast station.
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