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was an early favorite, but the committee was afraid the name would be shortened to “Ike.” “Tilly”
(for television) was suggested, but cooler heads prevailed. Harry Lubcke, a pioneer television engineer and future president of the academy (1949-1950) offered “Emmy,” a nickname for the image orthicon tube (state-of-the-art circuitry at that time), and it prevailed.
The statue itself was designed by Louis McManus, who received a gold lifetime membership in the academy and one of the six statuettes presented at the first Emmy Awards banquet on January 25, 1949. As McManus went up to receive his award, he is reputed to have been told, “Louis, here she is…our baby. She’ll be here long after we’re gone.” Indeed, long after the image orthicon tube was gone.
52 / DAVID FELDMAN
Why Don’t Dogs Develop Laryngitis, Sore Throats, Voice Changes, or Great Discomfort After Barking Continuously?
A caller on a talk show hit us with this Imponderable. The dog next door, left alone by his master, had been barking, continuously, for hours. Why didn’t it hurt the dog’s throat at least as much as the caller’s ears?
We approached several vets and stumped some, but the consensus answer was best expressed by William E. Monroe, D.V.M., Diplo-mate, of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine: Dogs do occasionally get laryngitis and voice changes from excessive barking. It is not as common in dogs as in people because the motor control of the canine larynx (voice box) is not as refined as
WHY DO CLOCKS RUN CLOCKWISE? / 53
that of humans for sound production. Therefore, the voice range is narrower and subsequent stress from phonation is probably not as severe. Since barking is not much a part of daily living for most pet dogs as speaking is for people, laryngitis manifested as a voice change is also not as frequently observed in dogs, even though it may be present.
Why Are There Eighteen Holes on a Golf Course?
In Scotland, the home of golf, courses were originally designed with varying numbers of holes, depending on the parcel of land available.
Some golf courses, according to U.S. Golf Association Librarian Janet Seagle, had as few as five holes.
The most prestigious golf club, the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, originally had twenty-two holes. On October 4, 1764, its original course, which had contained eleven holes out and eleven holes in, was reduced to eighteen holes total in order to lengthen them and make it more challenging. As a desire to codify the game grew, eighteen holes was adopted as the standard after the St. Andrews model.
54 / DAVID FELDMAN
What Does 0° in the Fahrenheit Scale Signify?
During our school days, we were forced to memorize various points in the Fahrenheit scale. We all know that the freezing point is 32°
and that the boiling point is 212°. The normal human body temperature is the inelegantly unround number of 98.6°.
Countries that have adopted the metric system have invariably chosen the Celsius system to measure heat. In the Celsius scale, 0°
equals the freezing point.
The Fahrenheit temperature scale was created by a German physicist named Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit, who invented both the alcohol thermometer and the mercury thermometer. The divisions of his scale aren’t quite as arbitrary as they might seem. Zero degrees was chosen to represent the temperature of an equal ice-salt mixture, and 100° was originally supposed to signify the normal body temperature. But Fahrenheit screwed up. Eventually, scientists found that the scale didn’t quite work, and the normal body temperature was “down-scaled” to 98.6°.
Submitted by James S. Boczarski, of Amherst, New York .
What Does Each One-Degree Increment in the Fahrenheit Scale Signify?
Although his scale was not based on the freezing and boiling points, Fahrenheit recognized their significance. The interval between the boiling point (212°) and freezing point (32°) numbers exactly
(for television) was suggested, but cooler heads prevailed. Harry Lubcke, a pioneer television engineer and future president of the academy (1949-1950) offered “Emmy,” a nickname for the image orthicon tube (state-of-the-art circuitry at that time), and it prevailed.
The statue itself was designed by Louis McManus, who received a gold lifetime membership in the academy and one of the six statuettes presented at the first Emmy Awards banquet on January 25, 1949. As McManus went up to receive his award, he is reputed to have been told, “Louis, here she is…our baby. She’ll be here long after we’re gone.” Indeed, long after the image orthicon tube was gone.
52 / DAVID FELDMAN
Why Don’t Dogs Develop Laryngitis, Sore Throats, Voice Changes, or Great Discomfort After Barking Continuously?
A caller on a talk show hit us with this Imponderable. The dog next door, left alone by his master, had been barking, continuously, for hours. Why didn’t it hurt the dog’s throat at least as much as the caller’s ears?
We approached several vets and stumped some, but the consensus answer was best expressed by William E. Monroe, D.V.M., Diplo-mate, of the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine: Dogs do occasionally get laryngitis and voice changes from excessive barking. It is not as common in dogs as in people because the motor control of the canine larynx (voice box) is not as refined as
WHY DO CLOCKS RUN CLOCKWISE? / 53
that of humans for sound production. Therefore, the voice range is narrower and subsequent stress from phonation is probably not as severe. Since barking is not much a part of daily living for most pet dogs as speaking is for people, laryngitis manifested as a voice change is also not as frequently observed in dogs, even though it may be present.
Why Are There Eighteen Holes on a Golf Course?
In Scotland, the home of golf, courses were originally designed with varying numbers of holes, depending on the parcel of land available.
Some golf courses, according to U.S. Golf Association Librarian Janet Seagle, had as few as five holes.
The most prestigious golf club, the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, originally had twenty-two holes. On October 4, 1764, its original course, which had contained eleven holes out and eleven holes in, was reduced to eighteen holes total in order to lengthen them and make it more challenging. As a desire to codify the game grew, eighteen holes was adopted as the standard after the St. Andrews model.
54 / DAVID FELDMAN
What Does 0° in the Fahrenheit Scale Signify?
During our school days, we were forced to memorize various points in the Fahrenheit scale. We all know that the freezing point is 32°
and that the boiling point is 212°. The normal human body temperature is the inelegantly unround number of 98.6°.
Countries that have adopted the metric system have invariably chosen the Celsius system to measure heat. In the Celsius scale, 0°
equals the freezing point.
The Fahrenheit temperature scale was created by a German physicist named Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit, who invented both the alcohol thermometer and the mercury thermometer. The divisions of his scale aren’t quite as arbitrary as they might seem. Zero degrees was chosen to represent the temperature of an equal ice-salt mixture, and 100° was originally supposed to signify the normal body temperature. But Fahrenheit screwed up. Eventually, scientists found that the scale didn’t quite work, and the normal body temperature was “down-scaled” to 98.6°.
Submitted by James S. Boczarski, of Amherst, New York .
What Does Each One-Degree Increment in the Fahrenheit Scale Signify?
Although his scale was not based on the freezing and boiling points, Fahrenheit recognized their significance. The interval between the boiling point (212°) and freezing point (32°) numbers exactly
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