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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
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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
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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
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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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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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