Eunice Newton Foote Height, Weight, Religion, Net Worth, Age, Biography

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Eunice Newton Foote (Eunice Newton)

Last Updated: 07 May, 2024 | Views: 324

Age: 69

Profession: Scientist

Other Profession(s): Inventor, Women's Rights Campaigner

Famous For: Theory Of The Effect Of Carbon Dioxide Gas On Atmospheric Temperature

Higher Education: Troy Female Seminary

Eunice Newton Foote Religion, Birthday, Age

Date of Birth
17 Jul, 1819 (69 Years 02 Months 13 Days)
Birth Country
United States
Birth State/Province
Connecticut
Birth Place
Goshen
Birth Sign
Cancer
Nationalities
American
Died on
30 Sep, 1888
Cause of Death
Still Unknown

Eunice Newton Foote Early life, Education, Career, Awards, Achievements, Controversy, Unknown Facts

About (Profile/Biography):
Eunice Newton Foote lived a long life from July 17, 1819 to September 30, 1888. She made her name as an American scientist, inventor, and women’s rights activist. Her discovery that immediate gases heat up in sunlight and how rising levels of CO2 could change the Earth's temperature were breakthroughs that still carry on today. We're able to see the impact she made as her discovery is now coined as "the greenhouse effect". For her outstanding research on Earth and life, the American Geophysical Union awarded her with the Eunice Newton Foote Medal for Earth-Life Science in 2022.
Eunice Newton Foote Career:
Eunice Newton Foote Education
• Her education was at the Troy Female Seminary, an early women's preparatory school founded by Emma Willard. 
Eunice Newton Foote Campaigner For Women's Rights
• Eunice Newton Footeattended the 1848 Seneca Falls Convention, the first convention for women's rights, as a neighbor and friend of suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

• Eunice Newton Footewas one of five women involved in preparing the convention proceedings for publication; the others were Stanton, Elizabeth M'Clintock, Mary Ann M'Clintock, and Amy Post.
Eunice Newton Foote: "On A New Source Of Electrical Excitation"
• Eunice Newton Footebegan researching static electricity in 1857 and called it "electrical excitation." Static electricity was tested by testing moisture content and gases in the air.

• Foote's paper was published in the American Journal of Science and Arts and Philosophical Magazine. The Philosophical Magazine rejected her first paper in favor of reprinting Elisha's 1856 essay.
Eunice Newton Foote Inventions
• Her husband, Elisha Foote, was also an inventor. In 2020, Rachel Brazil, a science writer for Chemistry World, noted that Elisha filed a patent in 1842 on Eunice's thermostatically controlled stove.

• Eunice Newton Footepatented a vulcanized rubber insert made of a single piece in 1860 to "prevent boots from squeaking."
Eunice Newton Foote Death
• Eunice Newton Footedied in Lenox, Massachusetts, on September 29 or 30, 1888. Her remains were interred at the Brooklyn cemetery Green-Wood.
Eunice Newton Foote Legacy And Recognition
• In May 2018, the University of California, Santa Barbara, organized a symposium on Eunice Foote, who discovered the main cause of global warming 162 years ago.

• In 1857, she became the first woman in American history to publish a paper in the Proceedings of the American Association for Advancement of Science.
Eunice Newton Foote Award:
Eunice Newton Footewas awarded a substantial settlement for infringing on the stove patent in 1857.

Eunice Newton Foote Weight, Height in inches, Eye Color

Height (Approx.)
In Centimeters 157 cm
In Meters 1.57 m
In feet & Inches 5'2"
Weight (Approx.)
In Kilograms 52 Kg
In Pounds 114 lbs
Eye Color
Brown
Hair Color
Brown

Eunice Newton Foote Family, Husband

Father's Name
Isaac Newton Jr.
Mother's Name
Thirza
Spouse
Elisha Foote
Brother(s)
-
Sister(s)
-
Son(s)
Mary Foote Henderson
Daughter(s)
Augusta Foote Arnold
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