TODAY IN SCIENCE HISTORY
NEWSLETTER • 6 JUNE
On 6 Jun In 1639, the first record of the establishment of a gunpowder mill in the American colonies was an order from the General Court of Massachusetts granting 500 acres of land at Pecoit, Mass.
Since Jamestown was settled (1607) and the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth (1620), firearms and gunpowder were brought from England—an uncertain supply. When the colonists turned to producing gunpowder for themselves, the General Court encouraged homespun production efforts.
In this short article on Colonial Powder Mills, you can read about the first gunpowder mills in America.
On 6 Jun 1683, the general public were admitted for the first time to the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology, Oxford. This was the first public museum to open in Britain, and perhaps in the world. Today's book pick is: Ashmolean Museum: A History of the Museum and Its Collections (Ashmolean Handbooks, 17), by The Curators, including Arthur MacGregor, who is an author of numerous works on the history of museums. The Ashmolean was founded as a model scientific institution combining a function as a repository for rare or curious materials and also was a research institute and educational academy. However, the role of the museum has evolved over the centuries to concentrate on art and antiquities.
It is available from Amazon, typically about Used from $3.29. (As of earlier time of writing - subject to change.)
 | Teleology is a lady without whom no biologist can live. Yet he is ashamed to show himself with her in public. — Ernst Wilhelm von Brücke, German physiologist (born 6 Jun 1819).  |
 | Complexes are psychic contents which are outside the control of the conscious mind. They have been split off from consciousness and lead a separate existence in the unconscious, being at all times ready to hinder or to reinforce the conscious intentions. — Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist and psychologist (died 6 Jun 1961). |
 | Had we lived, I should have had a tale to tell of the hardihood, endurance and courage of my companions which would have stirred the heart of every Englishman. These rough notes and our dead bodies must tell the tale, but surely, a great rich country like ours will see that those who are dependent on us are properly provided for. [Final words in a 'Message to the Public' left written in his diary dated 25 March 1912, shortly before he died on the Ross Ice Barrier, Antarctica. When searchers found his body, on 12 Nov 1912, Scott was discovered sitting upright against the pole of the tent with the diary behind his head, as if for a pillow.] — Robert Falcon Scott, English explorer (born 6 Jun 1868). |
| Before you look at today's web page, see if you can answer some of these questions about the events that happened on this day. Some of the names are very familiar. Others will likely stump you. Tickle your curiosity with these questions, then check your answers on today's web page. | |
| Births | |
 | Richard E. Smalley, born 6 Jun 1943, shared the 1996 Nobel Prize for Chemistry with Robert F. Curl, Jr., and Sir Harold W. Kroto for their joint 1985 discovery of a molecule with 60 atoms, all carbon: C60. What is this substance called? |
 | Andrea Cesalpino, born 6 Jun 1519, was an Italian physician who sought a philosophical and theoretical approach to plant classification based on unified and coherent principles rather than on alphabetical sequence or medicinal properties. What plant features did he use for his classification? |
| Deaths | |
| | A Swiss psychologist, died 6 Jun 1961, met and collaborated with another psychologist, but then developed his own theories, which he called “analytical psychology.” He proposed and developed the concepts of the extroverted and introverted personality, archetypes, and the collective unconscious. In his early career, with which psychologist did he collaborate? |
| Events | |
 | On a certain 6 Jun, the first American patent for an electric iron was issued to Henry Seely of New York City. In what decade was the first American patent for an electric iron was issued? |
 | On 6 Jun 1942, the first parachute jump in the U.S. using a parachute made of a new material was made by Adeline Gray. Parachutes were tested with dead weights until she became the first human to test a parachute made with this new material. What was this new material? |
Fast answers for the previous newsletter for June 5: Urbain Le Verrier • holography • the thickness of the Earth's crust • AIDS • Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier • Apple II.
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