* 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 lactic acid test is a blood test that measures the level of lactic acid made in the body. Most of it is made by muscle tissue and red blood cells.When the oxygen level in the body is normal, carbohydrate breaks down into water and carbon dioxide. test for lactic acid is done to: 1  Check for lactic acidosis. 2  See whether the right amount of oxygen is reaching the body's tissues. 3  Find the cause for a high amount of acid (low pH) in the blood.