Google Doodle: Multinational tech giant Google celebrates Eunice Newton Foote’s 204th birthday with an awesome doodle slideshow. She is an American scientist, inventor, and women’s rights advocate. She is the first scientist to conclude that certain gases heat up with exposure to sunlight and that increasing amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) will alter atmospheric temperatures and possibly affect climate. This phenomenon is now known as the “greenhouse effect”.
Today #GoogleDoodle celebrates American scientist and women’s rights activist, Eunice Newton Foote.
Swipe through the slideshow to learn how her scientific discoveries laid the groundwork for our understanding of climate change today —> https://t.co/4A00LwELbI pic.twitter.com/A9lc9eSLUo
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July 17, 2023
Foote was born on July 17, 1819 in Goshen, Connecticut, United States. She grew up in a time when women’s opportunities for science education and participation were limited, but she continued her passion for science. She is particularly interested in the physical sciences, including chemistry and physics. According to the official Google Doodle website, “At the time, women were largely shunned in the scientific community. Out of breath, Foote conducted the experiments himself. After placing a mercury thermometer in a glass flask, she discovered that the carbon dioxide container had the most significant warming effect in the sun. Foote is ultimately the first scientist to link increasing levels of carbon dioxide to atmospheric warming.”
invention
In 1856, Foote conducted a series of experiments to study the effects of different gases on the absorption of heat from the sun. She fills glass flasks with various gases, including carbon dioxide and air, and exposes them to sunlight. Foote found that a cylinder filled with carbon dioxide retains more heat than a cylinder filled with air. She concluded that carbon dioxide had the ability to trap heat and raise the temperature of the surrounding air, thus defining the basic principle of the greenhouse effect.
In 1857, Foote began to conduct experiments with static electricity which she called “electrical stimulation”. The goal of the study was to determine how much moisture is present and what gases in the atmosphere can cause static electricity.
Eunice Foote and her husband Elisha are innovators. In 1860, Eunice applied for a patent under her own name for a vulcanized, one-piece shoe and boot insole that was intended to “stop the creaking of boots and shoes.” The Emporia News ran a story about cordless skates in 1868. She also invented a completely new cylindrical paper machine in 1864.
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Awards and prizes
Eunice Foote, Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s neighbor and friend, brought her to the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848, the first gathering for women’s rights. Foote and her husband, Elisha, are signatories to the Convention’s Declaration of Affection as members of the editorial board. Stanton, the document’s author, called for the right to vote, as well as social and legal rights equivalent to those enjoyed by men. Along with Stanton, Elizabeth M’Clintock, Mary Ann M’Clintock and Amy Post, Foote was one of five women who prepared the conference proceedings for publication.
Foote’s work was presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1856, where her paper titled “Conditions affecting the heat of the sun’s rays” is read. However, due to the prevailing social and gender stereotypes of the time, her research was not widely recognized. Her findings were not published in a scientific journal, and as a result were not widely available.
Death
Eunice Newton Foote died in 1888, and her important contributions to climate science have gained more recognition in recent years as her story has been rediscovered and recognised. It serves as a reminder of the often overlooked contribution of female scientists throughout history.
Although not recognized for his contributions, Foote remains dedicated to his scientific endeavors. She is a member of various scientific societies and actively participates in women’s rights movements. Foote’s pioneering experiments on the greenhouse effect laid the groundwork for future research in climate science, which will become increasingly important in understanding Earth’s changing climate patterns.
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