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A Total Eclipse of the Sun – Today in History: January 24

The Van Vleck Observatory: A Reflection of Environmental Conditions

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Benjamin Silliman and the Collection That Inspired the Yale Peabody Museum

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Transit of Venus: German Scientists Visit Hartford

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Nathaniel Palmer discovers Antarctica – Today in History: November 18

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David Bushnell and his Revolutionary Submarine

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    Brenda Milkofsky

  • Town(s):
    Old Saybrook, Westbrook

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Connecticut Yankee Brings Power to the People

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Morton Biskind Warned the World About DDT

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Discovered Dinosaur Tracks Re-Route Highway and Lead to State Park

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    Owen Rogers

  • Town(s):
    Rocky Hill

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America’s First Planetarium – Who knew?

Edwin Land Inventor of the Polaroid Born – Today in History: May 7

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Benjamin Silliman and Soda Water – Who Knew?

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The Industrial Might of Connecticut Pegmatite

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Charles Ritchel and the Dirigible

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Edward Alexander Bouchet: The First African American to Earn a PhD from an American University

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The Surprising Prevalence of Earthquake Activity in Connecticut

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Goshen’s Asaph Hall Becomes an Astronomical Success

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Sixty Degrees Below Zero: Connecticut Man Explores Antarctica

A Diversified Mind: Hiram Percy Maxim

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    Michael Marinaro

  • Town(s):
    Hartford, Newington

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Connecticut Revolutionized Geography – Who Knew?

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Dinosaur Tracks Found – Today in History: August 23

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Paleontologist Othniel Marsh dies – Today in History: March 18

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Connecticut Yankee and Millstone: 48 Years of Nuclear Power

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First Recorded Fall of Meteorites in the United States – Today in History: December 14

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The Father of Gastric Physiology Born – Today in History: November 21

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Hiram Bingham III: Machu Picchu Explorer and Politician

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Seth Pease Surveys New Lands

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Airborne Pioneers: Connecticut Takes Flight

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Mastodon Bones Unearthed – Today in History: August 13

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Roger Tory Peterson Dies – Today in History: July 28

An Eccentric Middletown Polymath and Fossil Collector: Dr. Joseph Barratt

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First American Medicine Patent – Today in History: April 30

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William Redfield Born – Today in History: March 26

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A Civil War Soldier Engineers an Iconic Career

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Josiah Willard Gibbs’s Impact on Modern Science

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The Astronomical Event of the Century

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Video – Barbara McClintock Tribute Film

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Video – Rudolph Zallinger’s Masterpiece, “The Age of Reptiles”

Heart Pump out of an Erector Set – Who Knew?

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Artist Roger Tory Peterson, a Champion for the Natural World

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