<div dir="ltr"><div>It's always a pleasure when I get to spend Croone day with SPNHC folks. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Thanks for the history and poetry as usual John!</div><div><br></div><div>Randy<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jun 4, 2021 at 7:14 PM Lance McBrayer <<a href="mailto:lancemcbrayer@georgiasouthern.edu">lancemcbrayer@georgiasouthern.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Hear hear!<div>I like to think that 150 years later (1815-1820) that Old Croone’s academic descendants celebrated the advancement and enjoyed an IPA similar to that that I am enjoying, only much milder as was the style. </div><div><br></div><div>Many thanks, Dr. Croone and those that had the nerve to add more hops!<br><br><div dir="ltr">lm</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jun 4, 2021, at 11:48 AM, John E Simmons <<a href="mailto:simmons.johne@gmail.com" target="_blank">simmons.johne@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:rgb(0,0,0)">
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:16pt;line-height:115%">Old
Croone Day, 04 June 2021<span></span></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:105%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:105%;color:black">There was once a man,
William Croone,</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:105%"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:105%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:105%;color:black">Whose specimens
deteriorated too soon.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:105%"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:105%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:105%;color:black">But using spirits of wine,</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:105%"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:105%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:105%;color:black">He found they did fine,</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:105%"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:105%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:105%;color:black">Which we celebrate each 4th
of June.</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:105%"><span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Old
Croone Day is an international holiday to celebrate the first recorded mention of
the preservation of scientific specimens in alcohol, which took place on 04
June of 1662. On that momentous occasion, Dr. William Croone (1633-1684) showed
his fellow members of the Royal Society of London “two embryos of puppy-dogs,
which he had kept eight days, and were put in spirit in a glass-vial sealed
hermetically.” Croone was a founding member and secretary of the <i>Royal
Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge</i>, the oldest scientific
society in the world. Ironically, his name was misspelled as Croune in the meeting
records (see below).<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Croone,
a graduate of Cambridge University (Emmanuel College), variously served as a professor
of Rhetoric at Gresham College, a physician, and an a</span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">natomy lecturer while pursing diverse </span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">interests
in physics, physiology, and embryology. It was Croone’s interest in entomology
that led him to discover the possibilities of fluid preservation in spirits of
wine (ethyl alcohol).<span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Let
us join together to celebrate the spirit of curiosity and scientific inquiry with
a glass of your favorite beverage and a toast the preservation of good
friendships while basking in the pleasure of finding things out. <span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%"><span> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%">Here’s
to you, Dr. William Croone!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br></p><div><image.png></div><br><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">--John</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:115%"><span></span></span></p>
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