Eunice Newton Foote
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Eunice Newton Foote was an American scientist, inventor, and women's rights campaigner.
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Troy Female Seminary, 1822
Rensselaer School, 1824
The signature page of the Declaration of Sentiments, bearing Foote's signature on the left
Eunice Foote - "Circumstances Affecting the Heat of the Sun's Rays" (1856), American Journal of Science and Arts. Foote recognized the implications of carbon dioxide's heat-capturing properties - the greenhouse effect - for the entire planet.
Foote's paper-making machine, 1864In their orbit 1
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Eunice Newton Foote was an American scientist, inventor, and women's rights campaigner. She was the first scientist to identify the insulating effect of certain gases and to posit that therefore rising carbon dioxide levels could increase atmospheric temperature and affect climate, a phenomenon now referred to as the greenhouse effect. Born in Connecticut, Foote was raised in New York at the center of social and political movements of her day, such as the abolition of slavery, anti-alcohol activism, and women's rights. She attended the Troy Female Seminary and the Rensselaer School from age 17 to age 19, gaining a broad education in scientific theory and practice.
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