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schopenhauer 1911 Electric Automobile Starter
Drop the crank, catch the spark, drive away!
schopenhauer Ray Harroun wins the inaugural race and invents the rear-view mirror.
schopenhauer Drag animals into their correct groups to discover the quirky collective nouns of literature.
Martian dog strike: The Nakhla meteorite, which landed in Egypt in 1911, supposedly vaporized a local dog, though no physical evidence of the pup was ever found.
An electric motor used to automatically start an internal combustion engine. In February 1911, Charles Kettering successfully demonstrated this revolutionary automotive device on a Cadillac.
schopenhauer Heike Kamerlingh Onnes discovers superconductivity in supercooled mercury.
Which Dutch physicist discovered the phenomenon of superconductivity on April 8, 1911?
What was the name of the world's first national park service, established by Canada in May 1911?
What simple, everyday automotive feature did Ray Harroun introduce to racing during the 1911 Indianapolis 500?
What safety device did Charles Kettering patent in 1911 that eliminated the dangerous manual hand crank for starting cars?
In 1911, Ernest Rutherford published his nuclear model of the atom. What did he prove exists at the very center of an atom?
What fell from space and landed in Egypt in June 1911, providing scientists with the first physical clues of water on Mars?
What was the first international treaty signed in 1911 to address global wildlife conservation and save an endangered marine mammal?