ABW June 2017

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e he Philippines
in efforts to prevent further
punishment to people within
hearing distance of kamikaze
karaoke activists! Originally
Roberto invented a music box,
then turned it into a ‘sing-along’
instrument, but never got himself an international
patent. He also developed the ‘one-man band’ as an
instrument, and used to sell pianos.
3. Who knows that the fluorescent light is named after a
certain American Filipino scientist, a Mr. Agapito Flores!
Originally from Bantayan island in Cebu. However, herein
lies controversy since “No scientific report, no valid
statement. No rigorous documents can be used to credit
Flores for the discovery of the fluorescent lamp. We
have tried to correct this misconception, but the media
(for one) and our text books (for another) keep using
- An Alien
Sailor’s View
the Flores example,” a Filipino
scientist wrote in her column
at the Philippine Daily Inquirer.
Perhaps this is another case of a
failure to register a patent, amid
other research worldwide.
4. In the natural world, the Philippines is home to
nearly 300 volcanoes, as part of the oceanic ‘ring of
fire’, of which an estimated 27 are rated as ‘active’.
Some of the best known are Mount Pinatubo in
Zambales, Mount Mayon in Bicol, and close to
Manila the Taal volcano and Mount Makiling in
Laguna. Canlaon in northern Negros is well known in
the Visayas, and Mount Bukidnon in Mindanao.
5. But Palawan is not a volcanic island, and is clearly
the Jewel in the Crown of these 7,107 islands,
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