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The Dutch geophysicist Felix Andries Vening Meinesz, on the right, with the crew of the United States Navy submarine USS S-21 during his 1928 gravimetric expedition. Anon., “La détermination de la gravité en mer.” Sciences et Voyages, 26 September 1929, 3.

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Felix Andries Vening Meinesz and his Gouden Kalf; Or, how the Koninklijke Marine played a crucial role in the history of ocean gravimetry, part 1

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's…

Mark this day with a white stone, my faithful reading friend, for today is indeed a great day. For the first time in the history of my humble contribution to our blog / bulletin / thingee, yours truly will deal with a topic connected to the great science of geophysics, the major branch of the Earth sciences which applies the principles and methods of physics to the study of our big blue marble, and this from its very dense and hot core to the most rarefied and hottest strata of its atmosphere. I

A block of photographs showing some of the people involved in the bombing of beluga whales in the estuary and gulf of the St. Lawrence River. Anon., “La chasse aux marsouins [sic]. » Le Devoir, 15 August 1929, 6.

“The bomb that will kill the porpoise” – A shocking use of air power in interwar Québec: The bombing of the beluga whales of the St. Lawrence River, part 4

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's…

As you and I begin the month of September 2024, it is with pleasure that yours truly will conclude in your company this article on a shocking use of air power in interwar Québec, that is the bombing of pods of beluga whales which lived in the waters of the St. Lawrence River. Let us therefore read the 4th part of our article on that bombing, carried out by Laurentian Air Express Limited of Québec, Québec, without further ado, and... Do you already have a question, my reading friend? Let me guess

A typical pod of beluga whales, Hudson Bay, near Churchill, Manitoba, July 1999. Ansgar Walk, via Wikipedia.

“The bomb that will kill the porpoise” – A shocking use of air power in interwar Québec: The bombing of the beluga whales of the St. Lawrence River, part 3

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's…

Allow me to welcome you without further ado to this 3rd and penultimate part of our article on a shocking use of air power in interwar Québec, namely the bombing of pods of beluga whales which lived in the waters of the St. Lawrence River. Yes, yes, the 3rd and penultimate part. Yours truly preferred to subdivide his text into 4 parts of reasonable length instead of 3 parts of unreasonable length. You are welcome. Without further ado, let us begin our weekly reading. As the beluga whale hunting

The beluga whale, a white devil for many fishermen of the estuary and gulf of the St. Lawrence River. Marshall D. Yarrow. “The White Devils of Anticosti.” The Toronto Star Weekly, 24 November 1928, 11.

“The bomb that will kill the porpoise” – A shocking use of air power in interwar Québec: The bombing of the beluga whales of the St. Lawrence River, part 2

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's…

Allow me to welcome you to this 2nd part of our article on a shocking use of air power in interwar Québec, namely the bombing of pods of beluga whales which lived in the waters of the St. Lawrence river. As shocking as the subject of this article is, it nonetheless deserves a somewhat in-depth look. In 1926-28, fishermen in the North Shore region of Québec claimed to be deprived of their catches by the depredations of beluga whales. In 1927, for example, in the region between Rivière-Pigou and

The Franco Canadian physician / pilot Louis Cuisinier and one of the 45 or so kilogram (100 or so pounds) handmade aerial bombs with which he hoped to kill beluga whales. Anon., “La bombe qui tuera le marsouin.” La Presse, 5 August 1929, 11.

“The bomb that will kill the porpoise” – A shocking use of air power in interwar Québec: The bombing of the beluga whales of the St. Lawrence River, part 1

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's…

Did the title of this edition of our blog / bulletin/ thingee and the caption of the photograph you have just seen shock you, my reading friend? I am at ease with that. This was indeed my intention. That shocking episode in the history of Québec / Canadian aviation began indirectly in France no later than December 1918, I think. It was in fact at that time that Louis Marie Adolphe Olivier Édouard Joubin, a French zoologist based in Paris, France, more precisely a professor at the Institut

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3 Things you should know about new energy technologies, human-influenced mineral formation, and the versatile uses of mushrooms

Renée-Claude Goulet

Canada Agriculture and Food Museum

Meet Michelle Campbell Mekarski, Renée-Claude Goulet, and Gordon Bardell. Michelle and Renée-Claude are two of Ingenium’s science advisors, providing expert scientific advice on key subjects relating to the Canada Science and Technology Museum and the Canada Agriculture and Food Museum, respectively. Guest contributor Gordon Bardell is a science communications intern at the Canada Science and Technology Museum and the Canada Aviation and Space Museum. He is filling in this month for Cassandra

Some ripe and not so ripe loganberries. Pajaro Valley Nursery, The Loganberry (Unknown location: Unknown publisher, circa 1895). No page number.

“Canned it is most excellent, being splendid for pies” – The crawling and flowering saga of a slight horticultural mystery of the early 20th century, the loganberry, part 2

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's…

That was a mouth-watering image, was it not, my foody reading friend? The loganberry is certainly an interesting aggregate fruit. Let us unearth more juicy details about its early years. Loganberry plants began to appear in Canada, in this case British Columbia, no later than 1904 – and quite probably earlier. As was the case in the United States, yours truly presumes that most of their loganberries were canned, preserved or turned into jams or jellies. That was not all, however. Home-made

Some ripe loganberries ready to be picked. Albert Maumené, “La Logan-Berry – Hybride de ronce et de framboisier.” La Nature, 30 July 1904, 141.

“Canned it is most excellent, being splendid for pies” – The crawling and flowering saga of a slight horticultural mystery of the early 20th century, the loganberry, part 1

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's…

Are you one of those people who likes to pick her or his own fruity delicacies, be they blueberries, raspberries or strawberries? Yours truly must admit that I was not too thrilled when my father required my services on at least one occasion, more / way more than 50 years ago, to pick up such delicacies on a farm near Sherbrooke, Québec, my homecity. Mind you, I was no more thrilled to go on some shrubby patch of land relatively near that city with my parents and the family of a lady cousin of

Fred Magee. Anon., “Who’s Who in the Fishing World – Hon. Fred Magee.” The Canadian Fisherman, December 1920, 263.

It was indeed one heck of a brand: Fred Magee, Fred Magee Limited of Port Elgin, New Brunswick, and their Mephisto brand products – not to mention a few words on the Canadian lobster industry, part 2

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's…

Greetings and salutations, my reading friend. You will of course remember the main topic of this week’s issue of our ever so fascinating blog / bulletin / thingee. Yes, we are indeed looking at the life and times of New Brunswick financier / industrialist / philanthropist and vocational education pioneer Fred (Frederick?) Magee, a gentleman well known in his time for the production of canned lobster by his firm, Fred Magee Limited of Port Elgin, New Brunswick. By 1918, Canada’s overseas lobster

It was indeed one heck of a brand: Fred Magee, Fred Magee Limited of Port Elgin, New Brunswick, and their Mephisto brand products – not to mention a few words on the Canadian lobster industry, part 1

Rénald Fortier

Ingenium – Canada's…

Willkommen! Bienvenue! Welcome! Mein lesender Freund. Ami(e) lectrice ou lecteur. My reading friend. Even though the core of this issue of our delectable and delicious blog / bulletin / thingee will not be the American / Atlantic / Canadian / Maine / northern / true lobster, yours truly would be remiss if I did not point out that, in North America, that crustacean did not gain critical acclaim before the 1870s – and the development of passenger rail transport, a development which brought forth

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