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A reasonably typical advertisement for the Man from Mars radio hat of American Merri-Lei Corporation of New York City, New York. Anon., “Craig Oil Company.” Southwest Wave, 9 June 1949, 2.

“An entire orchestra in a hat” – Victor Theodore Hoeflich, American Merri-Lei Corporation of New York City, New York, and the Man from Mars radio hat, part 2

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Good day to you, my bright eyed and bushy tailed reading friend. I am pleased to see that you are eager to continue our archaeological dig into the history of the Man from Mars radio hat produced by Victor Theodore Hoeflich’s American Merri-Lei Corporation of New York City, New York. Incidentally, the text which accompanied the photograph of a young couple at the beginning of the previous part of this article was not a denunciation of the idleness of the capitalist classes which shamelessly

A young American turning on… the radio hat worn by her boyfriend. Anon., “Tout un orchestre dans un chapeau mais la musique n’adoucit pas toujours les mœurs.” Regards, 9 September 1949, 14.

“An entire orchestra in a hat” – Victor Theodore Hoeflich, American Merri-Lei Corporation of New York City, New York, and the Man from Mars radio hat, part 1

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Greetings, my reading friend, and welcome to yet another December 2024 issue of our festive blog / bulletin / thingee. Given the time of year, and because it seemed like a good idea, yours truly decided to break away from our anniversarial tradition for the 3rd time in a row, and this in order to bring you a topic which fell by the wayside when I miscalculated the length of not one, but two September 2024 articles (3 parts instead of 2) – and one August 2024 article (4 parts instead of 3). Big

Henry Joseph Piraux, a French electrical engineer employed by the Société anonyme Philips, with his electric dog, Salon international de la T.S.F., Paris, France. René Bruyez, “Le Salon international.” Lumière et Radio, 10 October 1929, 8.

Engineering & Technology

Do electric dogs dream of high voltage treats? Henry Joseph Piraux and his late 1920s cybernetic canid

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Greetings, my reading friend, and welcome to yet another December 2024 issue of our blog / bulletin / thingee. Given the time of year, yours truly decided yet again to break away from our anniversarial tradition in order to bring you this topic, a topic which fell by the wayside when I miscalculated the length of not one, but two October 2024 articles (3 parts instead of 2 and 4 parts instead of 3). Oops… Are we ready? And yes, my reading friend, I once again intend to be brief today. Very brief

A pair of photographs linked to the vegetarian restaurant The Salad Man of Montréal, Québec. Louis Beaudoin, “Au restaurant ‘Salad Man’ – Honnie soit la viande!” Photo-Journal, 14 to 21 November 1959, 8.

In the beginning was The Salad Man, and the salad was in demand; Or, The early days of the vegetarian restaurant industry in Québec

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Greetings, my reading friend, and welcome to this December 2024 issue of our festive blog / bulletin / thingee. Given the time of year, yours truly decided to break away from our anniversarial tradition in order to bring you this topic, a topic which fell by the wayside when I miscalculated the length of the previous article (4 parts instead of 3). Are we ready? And yes, my reading friend, I intend to be brief today. Incidentally, the pair of photographs we have just seen showed… - Joseph

A composite image of a clog hanging out of a wastewater pipe, a caribou with antlers, and a lightning storm over a city.

3 things you should know about antlers, what you should be flushing down the toilet, and electron rain

Michelle Campbell Mekarski, PhD

Canada Science and Technology Museum

For the December edition, explore what antlers can tell us about Santa's reindeer, what you shouldn't be flushing down your toilets this holiday season, and how lightning on earth can cause electron rain in space.

A konjac plant before (1) and during its flowering stage. The flower and corm / bulbo-tuber / bulbotuber, which is edible once detoxified, are identified by the numbers 2 and 3. Henri Coupin, “Légumes japonais.” La Nature, 5 November 1904, 356.

Oodles and oodles of noodles from the land of the rising sun: A brief look at konjac and shirataki noodles – as well as glue and gunpowder, but I digress

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Kon’nichiwa, o genkidesu ka? O genkida to kiite ureshīdesu. Shitsumon ga arimasu. Junbi wa īdesu ka? Atarashī tabemono o tamesu no wa sukidesu ka? Mezurashī tabemono wa sukidesu ka? In other words, hello, how are you? Glad to hear you are doing well. I have a question for you. Are you ready? Do you like trying new foods? Do you like unusual foods? Good for you. I shall be brief today and… Who dares to laugh in our presence? Who? Anyway, let us move on, but there will be a test, at the end of

Three images, side by side. From left to right: many spices and spice-filled spoons on a black surface, a crouching man with pen and notebook in hand, lunar craters of varying sizes.

3 things you should know about naming new animal species, the secrets hiding in lunar shadows, and possible new beneficial uses for spices

Michelle Campbell Mekarski, PhD

Canada Science and Technology Museum

Meet Michelle Campbell Mekarski, Cassandra Marion, and Renée-Claude Goulet. They are Ingenium’s science advisors, providing expert scientific advice on key subjects relating to the Canada Science and Technology Museum, the Canada Aviation and Space Museum, and the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum. In this colourful monthly blog series, Ingenium’s science advisors offer up three quirky nuggets related to their areas of expertise. For the November edition, they tell us about the art and science

The arrival of the Koninklijke Marine submarine Hr.Ms. K XVIII at its base in the Netherlands East Indies, July 1935. Koninklijke Marine, via Wikipedia.

Earth & Environment

Felix Andries Vening Meinesz and his Gouden Kalf; Or, how the Koninklijke Marine played a crucial role in the history of ocean gravimetry, part 3

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Welkom, mijn leesvriend, bij het derde en laatste deel van dit artikel over het onderwaterwerk van de geofysicus Felix Andries Vening Meinesz. In other words, welcome, my reading friend, to the 3rd and final part of this article on the underwater work of the geophysicist Felix Andries Vening Meinesz. You will of course remember that, when we concluded the 2nd part of that article, Vening Meinesz was on his way to the Netherlands East Indies, aboard the Koninklijke Marine submarine Hr.Ms. K XVIII

Three images side by side: cluster of coppery beetles devouring a rose flower, colours showing gravity variations of the Earth, and four yellow and one white synthetic diamonds.

3 Things you should know about geoid models of Earth’s variable gravity, harmful invasive insect species, and synthetic diamonds

Cassandra Marion, PhD

Canada Aviation and Space Museum

For this September edition, they tell us how the geoid gravity model helps scientists cope with Earth’s irregular shape, how invasive species such as the Japanese beetle are harmful to Canadian agriculture, and just how similar the properties of synthetic diamonds are to their natural counterparts.

The United States Navy submarine USS S-21, Panama Canal Zone, circa 1927. Bill Faulk, via Wikipedia.

Earth & Environment

Felix Andries Vening Meinesz and his Gouden Kalf; Or, how the Koninklijke Marine played a crucial role in the history of ocean gravimetry, part 2

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

Good morning / afternoon / evening, my reading friend and welcome to the second part of this article on the underwater gravimetric research conducted by the Dutch geophysicist / geodesist Felix Andries Vening Meinesz, in cooperation with the Koninklijke Marine. Shall we begin our deep dive? Wunderbar! The Carnegie Institution, an American private organisation involved in the funding and performing of scientific research, was suitably intrigued by what Vening Meinesz had accomplished between 1923

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