Science_Illustrated_Australia_-_Issue70_2019

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Which two figures can be combined into

one large cube consisting of 27 small ones?

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The two barrels include a total 120 litres

of wine. The small barrel can be filled

twice with the wine from the big one, and

there will still be 15 litres left in the big one.

How many litres can each barrel hold?

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Which

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Which figure in the bottom

row should be yellow?

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Editor: Nanna Vium //

Text & Art: Anker Tiedemann

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What was his first major

invention, consisting of

tin-foil, a can and a needle?

A) The cattle prod

B) The phonograph

C) The telephone

D) The battery

9

Thomas Edison took

out many patents.

How many in the US?

A) 43

B) 216

C) 1093

D) 8659

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He competed against

Nikola Tesla to be the

inventor of ...?

A) The camera

B) X-rays

C) Fuses

D) The light bulb

10

Edison had a disability

he believed helped

him to be an inventor. Which?

A) Deafness

B) Blindness

C) Spastic paralysis

D) Muscular atrophy

Since he was very

young and sold

newspapers, Thomas

Edison had been

eager to succeed in

life. He became an

inventor, and by

means of business

talent and a good deal

of creativity, he

managed to become

one of the greatest

inventors that the

world has ever seen.

Talented vendor

and inventor

Name:

Thomas Alva

Edison

Life span:

1847-1931

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