* The first time a newspaper called the Academy Award an âOscarâ was in 1934, when Sidney Skolsky, a famous columnist used the word in his column on Katharine Hepburnâs first Best Actress win. * By 1939, the name âOscar,â stuck to the statuette. * The statuette weighs 8.5 lbs. and the height is 13.5 inches.
A strain gage rosette is, by definition, an arrangement of two or more closely positioned gage grids, separately oriented to measure the normal strains along different directions in the underlying surface of the test part. Rosettes are designed to perform a very practical and important function in experimental stress analysis. It can
A pipette or dropper is a laboratory tool commonly used in chemistry, biology and medicine to transport a measured volume of liquid, often as a media dispenser.olumetric pipettes or bulb pipette allow the user to measure a volume of solution extremely accurately (accuracy of four significant figures). These pipettes have a large bulb with a long narrow portion above with a single graduation mark as it is calibrated for a single volume (like a volumetric flask).