User contributions for Herophilos

19 December 2024

• 01:4101:41, 19 December 2024 diff hist −69 Carlo Fontana I have deleted the phrase identifying Fontana as "director of PSK betting firm from Croatia located in Dugopolje". This is either a most peculiar mistake or a prank. current

26 August 2023

• 21:3021:30, 26 August 2023 diff hist +6 m Esmond Romilly Changed "radical mastoid" (which as far as I know incorrect) to "radical mastoidectomy", the name of a surgical procedure.

14 March 2023

• 11:5711:57, 14 March 2023 diff hist +6 m María de los Ángeles Duarte Corrected "Minister of Public" to "Minister of Public Works" in the last paragraph.

4 January 2023

• 13:1313:13, 4 January 2023 diff hist +1 m Joseph Goupy Corrected a typographical error: "prine" to "prince".

21 October 2021

• 17:1017:10, 21 October 2021 diff hist +3 m Of Human Bondage Corrected the spelling of one of the painters mentioned in the novel (Raffaëlli, misspelled as "Raffelli")

9 May 2021

• 18:1618:16, 9 May 2021 diff hist −1 Stereoscope No edit summary
• 18:1518:15, 9 May 2021 diff hist +5 Stereoscope No edit summary
• 18:1218:12, 9 May 2021 diff hist +18 m Stereoscope Replaced by "Underwood & Underwood" in the caption for a figure, as the meaning of "U&U" may not be clear to readers who are not familiar with stereoscope brands.

15 February 2021

• 15:4615:46, 15 February 2021 diff hist +408 User talk:Owen250708 Posted a question to Owen250708

3 February 2021

• 23:4123:41, 3 February 2021 diff hist −62 m Esteban Canal Corrected (my) duplication of a phrase.
• 23:3023:30, 3 February 2021 diff hist +3 m Esteban Canal Improved punctuation
• 23:2923:29, 3 February 2021 diff hist +119 Esteban Canal Removed text in the Russian language, probably inserted by mistake, and restored original English version

23 January 2021

• 21:5921:59, 23 January 2021 diff hist +65 m Sight reduction Indicated that in celestial navigation a sight is usually obtained using a sextant.

22 January 2021

• 15:0315:03, 22 January 2021 diff hist +14 m Haversine formula Flagged a broken link for a reference on the derivation of the haversine formula in the 'Further Reading' section.

17 January 2021

• 23:5623:56, 17 January 2021 diff hist +51 Percival Vega Gull Clarified the fact that Markham accomplished not only the first solo transatlantic crossing by woman, but also the first East-to-West solo transatlantic crossing by any pilot.

8 December 2020

• 19:5819:58, 8 December 2020 diff hist 0 m Germaine Tailleferre Entered Germaine Tailleferre's name at birth as "Taillefesse"
• 19:5719:57, 8 December 2020 diff hist +22 m Germaine Tailleferre Entered Germaine Tailleferre's original family name as "Taillefesse"

11 November 2020

• 00:0600:06, 11 November 2020 diff hist +21 m Coquí Added to etymology of scientific name

31 August 2020

• 16:0916:09, 31 August 2020 diff hist 0 m Anne Treisman Corrected spelling of Torsten Wiesel's name (and thus activated link to his Wikipedia page)

27 June 2020

• 21:1321:13, 27 June 2020 diff hist +11 m Knebworth House No edit summary
• 21:1021:10, 27 June 2020 diff hist +1 Knebworth House No edit summary
• 21:0821:08, 27 June 2020 diff hist +1 Knebworth House No edit summary
• 21:0621:06, 27 June 2020 diff hist −1 m Knebworth House No edit summary
• 21:0521:05, 27 June 2020 diff hist −1 Knebworth House No edit summary
• 21:0421:04, 27 June 2020 diff hist +85 m Knebworth House Added appearance in TV series Foyle's War (3/2)

18 June 2020

• 12:1512:15, 18 June 2020 diff hist +53 m Salta Province Specified that the actual name of the city nicknamed "La linda" is Salta.

3 May 2020

• 19:0519:05, 3 May 2020 diff hist −10 m Lunate sulcus Replaced statements referring to Grafton Elliot Smith as "Grafton" (his given name) to "Smith" (his family name).

8 February 2020

• 13:5413:54, 8 February 2020 diff hist +13 m Paraffin wax added "histology" to paragraph on applications.

2 December 2019

• 21:0821:08, 2 December 2019 diff hist +138 American College of Orgonomy Pointed out the pseudo-scientific nature of most of Wilhelm Reich's claims. Tag: Reverted

1 December 2019

• 23:5823:58, 1 December 2019 diff hist 0 m Calvin Rutstrum Corrected typographical error "we" to "he"
• 17:5517:55, 1 December 2019 diff hist −1 m Harp seal Corrected "tear glands" to "tear ducts" as anatomical feature for drainage of tears.

27 September 2019

• 16:4016:40, 27 September 2019 diff hist +193 Sextant Indicated that it is most unlikely that Bartholomew Gosnold used a sextant in the early 1600's. A more reliable references than a British travel magazine should be cited to support this assertion.

28 July 2019

• 19:2119:21, 28 July 2019 diff hist +17 m Thomas Godfrey (writer) Attempt to correct age at death
• 19:1819:18, 28 July 2019 diff hist −4 Thomas Godfrey (writer) No edit summary
• 19:1719:17, 28 July 2019 diff hist +4 m Thomas Godfrey (writer) Attempt to correct age at death

27 July 2019

• 12:5412:54, 27 July 2019 diff hist +9 m Thomas Godfrey (writer) Corrected age at death

17 July 2019

• 11:1211:12, 17 July 2019 diff hist +28 m Terra Australis Clarified an in-text reference to "Lavo"

10 July 2019

• 13:2913:29, 10 July 2019 diff hist −4 m Charles A. Spencer Removed link to Wikipedia article on Herbert R. Spencer, since it refers to a British obstetrician rather than to an American manufacturer of optical instruments.

9 January 2019

• 14:2114:21, 9 January 2019 diff hist −19 m Kingston, New York Corrected inconsistent statement regarding rail service

21 December 2018

• 17:5617:56, 21 December 2018 diff hist +2 Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn No edit summary
• 17:5417:54, 21 December 2018 diff hist +88 m Stazione Zoologica Anton Dohrn Added J.Z. Young to list of Stazione Zoologica investigators

1 November 2018

• 11:3311:33, 1 November 2018 diff hist 0 m Nudibranch Corrected Greek spelling of "branchia"

30 October 2018

• 17:5917:59, 30 October 2018 diff hist +8 Riddoch syndrome Changed the description of the definition from "ocular affectation" to "visual impairment", since this syndrome is due to a brain lesion rather than to eye disease.

19 September 2018

• 14:4914:49, 19 September 2018 diff hist 0 m Province of Upper Silesia Changed P.G. Wodehouse's residence from South of France to North of France

16 September 2018

• 22:0322:03, 16 September 2018 diff hist +33 m Visual acuity →"Normal" visual acuity: Added visual field defect as a cause of abnormal vision not identified by visual acuity measurements.

15 September 2018

• 20:5120:51, 15 September 2018 diff hist +2 m Voorhees State Park Modified NJAA telescope type: Newtonian to Cassegrain

7 August 2018

• 12:4712:47, 7 August 2018 diff hist +1 m Ezequiel Martínez Estrada Corrected minor typographical error: "Avellanda" to "Avellaneda"

2 June 2018

• 19:3119:31, 2 June 2018 diff hist −5 m La Galatea removed a repeated word
• 19:3019:30, 2 June 2018 diff hist +40 La Galatea Modified the translation of the announcement for the unpublished second part of the Galatea, as the previous seems to have been generated by some automatic translation software rather than by a competent human translator.

20 May 2018

• 14:1314:13, 20 May 2018 diff hist 0 m Léon Bonvin polished punctuation