<html><head><meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><META name="Author" content="Novell GroupWise WebAccess"></head><body style='font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; '>Thank you John!<br>Cheers to Ol'Croone, to our collections and to you - dear colleagues<br>...with a glass of an excellent rum from Nicaragua.<br><br>To your health and plessure<br><div>Joachim</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><br><br/><div style='clear: both;'><div><font size="2" face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#949494"><br></font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#949494">-- </font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#949494">Joachim Haendel</font></div><div><font size="2" face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#949494"> </font></div><font size="2" face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#949494">Center of Natural SciencesCollections<br>of the Martin-Luther-University<br>- Entomological Collection -<br><br>Domplatz 4<br>D-06099 Halle (Saale)<br>Germany<br><br>Phone: +49 345 - 55 26 447<br>Fax: +49 345 - 55 27 248<br></font><div><font size="2" face="Arial, sans-serif" color="#949494">Email: joachim.haendel@zns.uni-halle.de</font></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div><br/>>>> John E Simmons <simmons.johne@gmail.com> 04.06.21 17.49 Uhr >>><br><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small;color:#000000"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;line-height: 115.0%;font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: Calibri , sans-serif;" align="center"><b><span style="font-size: 16.0pt;line-height: 115.0%;">Old Croone Day, 04 June 2021<span></span></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115.0%;font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: Calibri , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 115.0%;"><span> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 105.0%;font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: Calibri , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 105.0%;color: black;">There was once a man, William Croone,</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 105.0%;"><span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 105.0%;font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: Calibri , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 105.0%;color: black;">Whose specimens deteriorated too soon.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 105.0%;"><span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 105.0%;font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: Calibri , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 105.0%;color: black;">But using spirits of wine,</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 105.0%;"><span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 105.0%;font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: Calibri , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 105.0%;color: black;">He found they did fine,</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 105.0%;"><span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 105.0%;font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: Calibri , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 105.0%;color: black;">Which we celebrate each 4th of June.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 105.0%;"><span></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115.0%;font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: Calibri , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 115.0%;"><span> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115.0%;font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: Calibri , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 115.0%;">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="line-height: 115.0%;font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: Calibri , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 115.0%;"><span> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115.0%;font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: Calibri , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 115.0%;">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: 12.0pt;line-height: 115.0%;">natomy lecturer while pursing diverse </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 115.0%;">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="line-height: 115.0%;font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: Calibri , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 115.0%;"><span> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115.0%;font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: Calibri , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 115.0%;">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="line-height: 115.0%;font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: Calibri , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 115.0%;"><span> </span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115.0%;font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: Calibri , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 115.0%;">Here’s to you, Dr. William Croone!</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115.0%;font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: Calibri , sans-serif;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115.0%;font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: Calibri , sans-serif;"><br></p><img src="cid:f5b1a4d26c21fae66fc53dd639254f51cd683066179db39adfca.mpf" alt="image.png" width="455" height="142"><br><br><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115.0%;font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: Calibri , sans-serif;">--John</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115.0%;font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: Calibri , sans-serif;"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115.0%;font-size: 11.0pt;font-family: Calibri , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt;line-height: 115.0%;"><span></span></span></p> </div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: tahoma , sans-serif;">John E. Simmons<br>Writer and Museum Consultant</span></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font size="2"><span style="font-family: tahoma , sans-serif;">Museologica<br><i>and</i><br>Associate Curator of Collections<br>Earth and Mineral Science Museum & Art Gallery<br>Penn State University<br><i>and</i><br>Investigador Asociado, Departamento de Ornitologia<br>Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima</span></font><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> </body></html>