#MinCup24 whewellite vs howlite. I've voted #howlite, for #Iona and #Boron, but whewellite is named after Cambridge boffin and wordsmith William Whewell, who coined a large number of terms now in widespread use, including "scientist" which he created while reviewing the work of Scottish mathematician and polymath Mary Somerville, superseding the traditional "man of science". #WilliamWhewell #MarySomerville #Scientist
![Screenshot of Wikipedia page about Willima Whewell:
"One of Whewell's greatest gifts to science was his word-smithing. He corresponded with many in his field and helped them come up with neologisms for their discoveries. Whewell coined, among other terms, scientist,[2] physicist, linguistics, consilience, catastrophism, uniformitarianism, and astigmatism; [3] he suggested to Michael Faraday the terms electrode, ion, dielectric, anode, and cathode."](https://media.mastodon.scot/media_attachments/files/113/085/197/226/031/992/original/5d840504dfb082dd.png "Screenshot of Wikipedia page about Willima Whewell:
\"One of Whewell's greatest gifts to science was his word-smithing. He corresponded with many in his field and helped them come up with neologisms for their discoveries. Whewell coined, among other terms, scientist,[2] physicist, linguistics, consilience, catastrophism, uniformitarianism, and astigmatism; [3] he suggested to Michael Faraday the terms electrode, ion, dielectric, anode, and cathode.\"")
Our latest release, Boron is available for download at bunsenlabs.org!
Abandoned Place: Ruins of the Air Research Hydrogen Research station near Boron, California. This research station was part of the the USAF Project Suntan which was trying to develop the Lockheed CL-400, a Mach 3 hydrogen powered spy plane. The program was canceled in 1958 and the more conventional A-12 / SR-71was developed. In one shot you can see the rust rings of the hydrogen dewars #aviation #AvGeek #abandoned #abandonedplaces #ProjectSuntan #Boron #hydrogen @AbandonedAmerica
