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# Satish Chandra Vidyabhusan

Satish Chandra Vidyabhusan (30 July 1870 – 25 April 1920) was a Bengali scholar of Sanskrit and Pali Language and principal of Sanskrit College.

## Early life

Satish Chandra Vidyabhusan was born in 1870 in Rajbari District, British India. His father Pitambar Vidyavagish was a Pandit and astronomer. In 1888, Satish Chandra passed entrance from Nabadwip Hindu School and in 1892, passed the B.A. with Sanskrit Honours from Krishnagar Government College with gold medal. He was the first Indian who obtained M.A. degree in Pali from Calcutta University.

## Career

Vidyabhushan was known for his distinguished knowledge in Indian logic and Tibetan Buddhist Text. He, along with Sarat Chandra Das, prepared Tibetan-English dictionary. Vidyabhusan went to Sri Lanka in 1910 for study and on his return he was appointed the Principal of Sanskrit College, Kolkata. He became the Assistant editor of the Buddhist Text Society. He edited magazine of Bangiya Sahitya Parisad for 22 years. Vidyabhushan was a linguist having knowledge in Buddhist literature, Chinese, Japanese, German and French language. Vidyabhushan has a number of books on Buddhist Tibetan culture, logic, Sanskrit and Systems of Indian Philosophy. In 1906 he received the title of Mahamahopadhyaya. and got Ph.D. in 1908.
# Azerbaijanis in Uzbekistan

Azerbaijanis in Uzbekistan (Azerbaijani: Özbəkistan azərbaycanlıları) are part of the Azerbaijani diaspora. They are Uzbek citizens and permanent residents of ethnic Azerbaijani background. Azerbaijan and Uzbekistan used to be part of the Russian Empire and later the Soviet Union. Currently there are over 35,848 Azerbaijanis in Uzbekistan, making up 0.15% of Uzbekistan's population.
Population of Azerbaijanis in Uzbekistan according to ethnic group 1926–1989 :
| Ethnic group | census 1926$^1$ | census 1926$^1$ | census 1939$^2$ | census 1939$^2$ | census 1959$^3$ | census 1959$^3$ | census 1970$^4$ | census 1970$^4$ | census 1979$^5$ | census 1979$^5$ | census 1989$^6$ | census 1989$^6$ |
| Ethnic group | 20,764 | 0.4 | 3,645 | 0.1 | 40,511 | 0.5 | 40,431 | 0.3 | 59,779 | 0.4 | 44,410 | 0.2 |
| $^1$ Excluding the Tadzjik ASSR, but including the Kara-Kalpak Autonomous Oblast (in 1926 part of the Kazakh ASSR); source: . $^2$ Source: . $^3$ Source: . $^4$ Source: . $^5$ Source: . $^6$ Source: . |||||||||||||

## Notable people

* Movlud Miraliyev
* Rafig Huseynov
# Kuluncak

Kuluncak (Kurdish: Tirsekan) is a municipality and district of Malatya Province, Turkey. Its area is 645 km$^2$, and its population is 7,000 (2022). The mayor is Erhan Cengiz (MHP).

## Composition

There are 28 neighbourhoods in Kuluncak District:
* Alvar
* Aşağıselimli
* Bahçelievler
* Başören
* Bıcır
* Bıyıkboğazı
* Boğaziçi
* Çayköy
* Ciritbelen
* Çörmü
* Göğebakan
* Ilısuluk
* İsmetpaşa
* İstiklal
* Karabük
* Karaçayır
* Karıncalık
* Karlık
* Kaynarca
* Kızılhisar
* Kızılmağara
* Kömüklü
* Konaktepe
* Ortapınar
* Sofular
* Sultanlı
* Temüklü
* Yeni
# Vasili Postnov

Vasili Vasilyevich Postnov (Russian: Василий Васильевич Постнов; 24 March 1962 – 4 March 2009) was a Tajikistani professional footballer. He also held Russian citizenship.

## Club career

He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1980 for FC Pakhtakor Tashkent.

## Honours
### Pamir Dushanbe

* Tajikistan Higher League (1): 1992

### Wydad Casablanca

* Botola (1): 1992–93
* CAF Champions League (1): 1992
* Afro-Asian Cup (1): 1993
# Avdeyev

Avdeyev (Russian: Авдеев) or Avdeyeva (Russian: Авдеева; feminine) is a common Russian last name that is derived from the male given name Avdey and literally means Avdey's.
It may refer to:

## People

* Aleksandr Avdeyev (canoeist) (born 1956), Soviet sprint canoer
* Aleksandr Avdeyev (pilot) (1917–1942), Soviet fighter ace of World War II
* Aleksandr Avdeyev (politician, born 1946), Russian politician and diplomat
* Aleksandr Avdeyev (politician, born 1975), Russian politician, acting governor of Vladimir Oblast
* Aleksey Avdeyev (architect) [ru] (1819–1885), Russian architect of St. Vladimir's Cathedral, Sevastopol
* Anna Avdeyeva (born 1985), Russian shot putter
* Igor Avdeyev (born 1973), Kazakhstani footballer
* Sergei Avdeyev (born 1956), Russian cosmonaut
* Julia Avdeeva (born 2002), Russian tennis player
* Yulianna Avdeeva (born 1985), Russian classical pianist

## Places

* Avdeyeva, Kursk Oblast, Russia
# Trachydora oxyzona

Trachydora oxyzona is a moth in the family Cosmopterigidae. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from South Australia.
# Eileen Pollack

Eileen Pollack (born 1956) is an American novelist, essayist, and short story writer. She is the former director of the Master of Fine Arts Program at the University of Michigan. Pollack holds an undergraduate degree in Physics from Yale University and an M.F.A in creative writing from the University of Iowa. She received the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writers' Award in 1996.
She currently divides her time between Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Manhattan.
Pollack's The Rabbi in the Attic and Other Stories (1991) features an Old-World male rabbi and his leftist female successor, and is among the early works of American Jewish literature to prominently feature the inclusion of women rabbis as literary figures.

## Works

* The Rabbi in the Attic
* Paradise, New York
* "In the Mouth"
* "Woman Walking Ahead: In Search of Catherine Weldon and Sitting Bull"
* Breaking and Entering
* The Only Woman in the Room: Why Science Is Still a Boys' Club
* A Perfect Life
# Zarkuiyeh, Kerman

Zarkuiyeh (Persian: زاركوييه, also Romanized as Zārkū’īyeh and Zarkoo’eyeh; also known as Zārkūh) is a village in Jorjafak Rural District, in the Central District of Zarand County, Kerman Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 32, in 10 families.
# Šip (Višegrad)

Šip (Serbian: Шип) is a village in the municipality of Višegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
# Basketball Federation of Kosovo

The Basketball Federation of Kosovo (Albanian: Federata e Basketbollit e Kosovës, Serbian: Кошаркашки савез Косова/Košarkaški savez Kosova) is the governing body of basketball in Kosovo. It organizes the Kosovo Basketball Superleague and the Kosovo Basketball Cup. It has also fielded a team which has represented Kosovo in international friendlies.

## History

Kosovo Basketball Federation was founded in 1991. During the Yugoslavian era, Kosovo had own Superleague and lower divisions in both genders. In the 1990s, Kosovo declared political and sports independence from Yugoslavian system, organising its own league based with different teams from major cities of Kosovo. Kosovo was not allowed to play international matches, not even friendlies by FIBA, until 2015 when Kosovo Basketball Federation became official member of FIBA World and FIBA Europe.
Initially the Basketball Federation of Kosovo was denied entry into the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), the last rejection taking place in Beijing at the annual FIBA Central Board meeting on 26 April 2008, with the reason: "Kosovo has not fulfilled all required conditions".
The Basketball Federation of Kosovo was accepted as a full member of FIBA on 13 March 2015. Serbian basketball federation KSS seeks to ban any Kosovo vs Serbia games.

## Kosovo competitions
### Men

* Kosovo Basketball Superleague
* Kosovo Basketball First League
* Kosovo Cup
* Kosovo Basketball Second League
* TEB U21 League
* TEB U18 League
* TEB U16 League
* TEB U12 League (Group A&Group B)

### Women

* Kosovo Women's Basketball Superleague

## International competitions
### Senior teams

* Men's national team
* Women's national team

### Youth teams

* Kosovo national under-20 basketball team
* Kosovo national under-18 basketball team
* Kosovo national under-16 basketball team
* Kosovo national under-14 basketball team
# Emboscada (historical event)

The Emboscada (Portuguese - Ambush) was a palace coup of 6 October 1846, by which queen Maria II deposed the government presided over by Pedro de Sousa Holstein, 1st Duke of Palmela, that had been installed on 20 May that year as a result of the Revolution of Maria da Fonte. By thus dismissing the government of Palmela, that had only come to power 5 months earlier, and replacing it with a Cartista government (described as government of the Cabrais without Cabral) presided over by João Francisco de Saldanha Oliveira e Daun, 1st Duke of Saldanha, the monarch rekindled the revolt and precipitated the civil war known as the Patuleia.
# Gornji Dobrun

Gornji Dobrun (Serbian: Горњи Добрун) is a village in the municipality of Višegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
# Zasnovye

Zasnovye (Russian: Засновье) is a rural locality (a selo) in Klintsovsky District, Bryansk Oblast, Russia. The population was 1 as of 2013. There is 1 street.

## Geography

Zasnovye is located 34 km south of Klintsy (the district's administrative centre) by road. Rubezhnoye is the nearest rural locality.
# Ernesto Rubin de Cervin

Ernesto Rubin de Cervin Albrizzi (5 July 1936 – 29 March 2013) was an Italian composer, musicologist and teacher.

## Biography

He was born in Venice in 1936. As a child he studied violin with Gian Francesco Malipiero at the Venice Conservatory, who suggested that he should start composition classes. He studied solfege with Bruno Maderna. After high school, he studied composition at the Florence Conservatory under Roberto Lupi and on a private basis with Luigi Dallapiccola.
Rubin de Cervin went to Rome in 1957 where he studied with Virgilio Mortari and Goffredo Petrassi. He was awarded a diploma in composition in 1960.
From 1965 to 1985 he taught, first solfege at the Liceo musicale in Udine, then didactic, analysis and composition at the Venice Conservatory. His teachings there established the New Venice School.
Whilst at the Benedetto Marcello Conservatory in Venice, he taught harmony and counterpoint to Giuseppe Sinopoli.
# Darj-e Sofla

Darj-e Sofla (Persian: دارج سفلي, also Romanized as Dārj-e Soflá and Dāraj-e Soflá; also known as Dārīj-e Pā’īn, Dāraj-e Pā’īn, Dārj Pā’īn, and Qal‘eh Dārīj Pāīn) is a village in Zirkuh Rural District, Central District, Zirkuh County, South Khorasan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 105, in 25 families.
# Aq Chatal

Aq Chatal (Persian: آق چاتال, also Romanized as Āq Chatal) is a village in Zavkuh Rural District, Pishkamar District, Kalaleh County, Golestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 333, in 63 families.
# Qara Kheyl

Qara Kheyl (Persian: قراخيل) is a village in Balatajan Rural District of the Central District of Qaem Shahr County, Mazandaran province, Iran.

## Demographics
### Population

At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 4,186 in 1,083 households. The following census in 2011 counted 4,395 people in 1,328 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 4,471 people in 1,459 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district.
Climate data for Qara Kheyl(normals 1991-2020, extremes 1984-2020) elevation: 14.7 :
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 30.4 (86.7) | 34.6 (94.3) | 36.2 (97.2) | 39.0 (102.2) | 40.6 (105.1) | 39.6 (103.3) | 38.2 (100.8) | 40.6 (105.1) | 40.2 (104.4) | 38.6 (101.5) | 32.2 (90.0) | 28.4 (83.1) | 40.6 (105.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 12.6 (54.7) | 12.7 (54.9) | 15.5 (59.9) | 20.1 (68.2) | 25.3 (77.5) | 29.1 (84.4) | 30.9 (87.6) | 31.8 (89.2) | 28.7 (83.7) | 24.3 (75.7) | 18.2 (64.8) | 14.1 (57.4) | 21.9 (71.5) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 7.3 (45.1) | 7.7 (45.9) | 10.6 (51.1) | 14.9 (58.8) | 20.3 (68.5) | 24.2 (75.6) | 26.1 (79.0) | 26.5 (79.7) | 23.5 (74.3) | 18.7 (65.7) | 12.8 (55.0) | 8.8 (47.8) | 16.8 (62.2) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.1 (37.6) | 3.7 (38.7) | 6.7 (44.1) | 10.8 (51.4) | 16.0 (60.8) | 20.0 (68.0) | 22.2 (72.0) | 22.4 (72.3) | 19.6 (67.3) | 14.4 (57.9) | 8.7 (47.7) | 4.6 (40.3) | 12.7 (54.8) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −6.0 (21.2) | −5.2 (22.6) | −1.8 (28.8) | 0.2 (32.4) | 5.4 (41.7) | 13.0 (55.4) | 16.6 (61.9) | 14.2 (57.6) | 11.6 (52.9) | 4.2 (39.6) | −3.8 (25.2) | −3.6 (25.5) | −6.0 (21.2) |
| Average precipitation mm (inches) | 70.7 (2.78) | 66.1 (2.60) | 67.6 (2.66) | 43.8 (1.72) | 27.3 (1.07) | 30.1 (1.19) | 30.0 (1.18) | 33.4 (1.31) | 77.1 (3.04) | 91.9 (3.62) | 110.2 (4.34) | 74.5 (2.93) | 722.7 (28.44) |
| Average precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 7.2 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 6.3 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 6.9 | 6.3 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 74.9 |
| Average rainy days | 9.5 | 10.7 | 13 | 11.2 | 7.8 | 5 | 5.7 | 6.5 | 8 | 8.1 | 9.4 | 9.5 | 104.4 |
| Average relative humidity (%) | 84 | 84 | 83 | 82 | 78 | 77 | 79 | 78 | 81 | 82 | 84 | 85 | 81 |
| Average dew point °C (°F) | 4.5 (40.1) | 4.9 (40.8) | 7.5 (45.5) | 11.5 (52.7) | 16.1 (61.0) | 19.7 (67.5) | 21.8 (71.2) | 22.1 (71.8) | 19.8 (67.6) | 15.3 (59.5) | 10.0 (50.0) | 6.1 (43.0) | 13.3 (55.9) |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 139 | 119 | 131 | 153 | 204 | 222 | 212 | 206 | 166 | 173 | 146 | 137 | 2,008 |
| Source 1: NOAA ||||||||||||||
| Source 2: IRIMO (extremes) ||||||||||||||
# Gizhigin Bay

Gizhigin Bay (Russian: Гижигинская губа, Gizhiginskaya Guba) is a wide bay northwest of Kamchatka, Russia. It is the northwestern arm of Shelikhov Bay in the northeast corner of the Sea of Okhotsk. The settlements of Evensk and Gizhiga are located at the head of the bay.

## Geography and climate

Gizhigin Bay is entered between Cape Aregichinsky (60°30' N, 155°27' E) and Cape Taygonos (60°34' N, 160°11' E). The Taygonos Peninsula separates it from Penzhina Bay to the east. It is about 260 km (about 160 mi) west to east by 148 km (about 92 mi) north to south and has a maximum depth of 88 m (about 289 ft). The coast is steep and rocky and there are no completely safe anchorages within the bay. 221 km (137 mi) long river Gizhiga flows into the head of the bay.
Spring tides rise 6.7 m (22 ft) at the entrance of the bay and 7.9 m (26 ft) at its head, while neaps rise 2.7 to 3.3 m (8.9 to 10.8 ft). The flood current sets to the north, while the ebb flows to the south. During spring tides these currents may reach up to 2.5 knots near Cape Taygonos. During the season of navigation the southeast part of the bay experiences dense fogs, with May and June being the foggiest months; in August, however, fog is rare. South winds are prevalent in the summer, while north winds are frequent in the fall and the first part of winter. Storms are common from the second half of September to November. In the winter, northwest winds prevail, which are interrupted by blizzards from the northeast. Gentle winds and calms occur in April and May.

## History

American whaleships hunted bowhead and gray whales in the bay from the 1860s to 1900. Some traded with the natives.

## Fauna

Pacific herring are common and in the spring and summer there are a number of large colonies of common murre in the bay. In the spring and summer beluga whales aggregate in the bays and estuaries at the head of the bay to feed on spawning herring, smelt, and salmon. In the spring bowhead whales can also be seen in the bay.
# Forethought, Inc.

Forethought, Inc. was a computer software company, best known as developers of what is now Microsoft PowerPoint.

## History

In late 1983, Rob Campbell and Taylor Pohlman founded Forethought, Inc in order to develop object-oriented bit-mapped application software. In 1984, they hired Robert Gaskins, a former Ph.D. student at the University of California, Berkeley, in exchange for a large percentage of the company's stock. He and software developer Dennis Austin led the development of a program called Presenter, which they later renamed PowerPoint. Also in 1984, Forethought acquired the rights to publish a Macintosh version of a DOS-based application called Nutshell. They named the Mac version FileMaker and it soon became enormously successful.
PowerPoint 1.0 was released in 1987 for the Apple Macintosh. It ran in black and white, generating text-and-graphics pages for overhead transparencies. A new full-color version of PowerPoint shipped a year later after the first color Macintosh came to market. That year Forethought was purchased by Microsoft Corporation for $14 million (~$32.2 million in 2023). In May 1990 the first Windows 3.0 versions were produced. Since 1990, PowerPoint has been a standard part of the Microsoft Office suite of applications except for the Basic Edition. Microsoft PowerPoint would go on to become the most used and sought after presentation suite, having a 95% market share.
# Sheaf of Paddy (politics)

The Sheaf of Paddy (Bengali: ধানের শীষ) is the political symbol of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP).
After the establishment of Pakistan, the National Awami Party (NAP) chose this symbol and participated in the elections. The Sheaf of Paddy was finalized as the symbol of NAP after the party was founded by Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani after he quit the Awami Muslim League. After the split in the party in 1967, National Awami Party (Wali) chose the hut as its symbol and National Awami Party (Bhashani) chose the Sheaf of Paddy as its symbol and participated in 1973 Bangladeshi general election. When Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) was formed 7 years after the independence of Bangladesh, most of Bhasani's NAP workers joined the party. Bhasani's symbol started to be used by BNP after the formation of the party.
Ahead of the 2018 Bangladeshi general election, the BNP had sent a letter to the Bangladesh Election Commission saying that the seven parties of the 20 Party Alliance, other than the party, could use the symbol. On 19 November, 2018, a lawyer filed a writ in the court to change the name of BNP symbol. As the reason for the writ, he cited that although the party's symbol is "Bunch of Paddy", the party authority call it "Sheaf of Paddy". In 2018, Abdul Kader Siddique claimed at an election rally that the Sheaf of Paddy was originally the symbol of Abdul Hamid Khan Bhasani's party and he later gave the symbol to Ziaur Rahman for BNP. He was criticized by BNP workers for this statement. In 2018, the Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami had internal disagreements regarding using the paddy symbol when filing their candidates during the general elections. Out of the 85 candidates, 25 of them were running under the BNP paddy symbol. Among the alliance, the Jatiya Oikya Front announced that all involved in the alliance will pick a common symbol, which they selected the paddy as.
# Sathya Panneerselvam

Sathya Panneerselvam also known as Sathya.P is an Indian politician and a former Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) of Tamil Nadu. She was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly in the 2016 elections as a candidate of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) party, representing the Panruti constituency in Cuddalore district.
# Mahuyar Pearl

Mahuyar Pearl (Burmese: မဟူရာပုလဲ) is a 2023 Burmese drama television series directed by Kyaw Soe Thu starring Aung Yay Chan, May Mi Ko Ko, Hein Yatu, Hnin, Natt Shine Ko, Jue San Thar and Saw La Pyae Won. It is an adaptation of the novel "Midnight Sun of Mahuyar Pearl" by La Min Maung Maung (Pyin Oo Lwin). It aired on MRTV-4, from February 6 to March 31, 2023, on Mondays to Fridays at 19:00 for 40 episodes.

## Synopsis

Thet Oo Maung was hungry for his father's love since he was young. Because his father misunderstood his mother and U Myint and thought that he was not his biological son. When Thet Oo Maung came of age, he fell in love with actress May Yadan Maung and married. But he didn't get the happy family life he wanted. The reason is because Mae Yadanar Maung aborted the baby. Thet Oo Maung took pity on May Yadanar Maung and left her behind. May Yadanar Maung apologized repeatedly, but Thet Oo Maung did not let go. One day, Thet U Maung stole Mya Mya Wai and Jimmy's child and adopted him. Thet Oo Maung knew Jimmy thought that he was not his biological son and he did not care for the child. Because Jimmy mistook Mya Mya Wai for his ex-boyfriend Min Naing.

## Cast

* Aung Yay Chan as Thet Oo Maung
* May Mi Ko Ko as Mya Mya Wai
* Hein Yatu as Jimmy Htun
* Natt Shine Ko as Min Naing
* Hnin as May Yadanar Maung
* Jue San Thar as Kay Thi
* Saw La Pyae Won as Cherry
* May Nandar Kyaw as Ma Ma Nwe
* Nyein Chan as Dr. Myo Swe
* Wyne Shwe Yi as Yadanar
* Than Than Soe as Daw Khin Wai
* Min Thu as U Myint Thu
* Khin Moht Moht Aye as Daw May Cho
* Ei Si Kway as Chit Oo Maung
* Eant Min Nyo as Zaw Latt
# Vektor State Enterprise

JSC Vektor State Enterprise (Russian: Уральское производственное предприятие „Вектор“) is a company based in Yekaterinburg, Russia. It is part of the Almaz-Antey defense holding.
Vektor State Enterprise produces military electronics including missile-related guidance systems and radars. In the 1990s it was developing conversion products including medical, agricultural, and telecommunications equipment.

## History

It was organized in 1941 on the basis of the Moscow Geodesy plant evacuated to Sverdlovsk.
At first it was called plant No. 356, in 1966-1992 — Sverdlovsk Plant of Electroautomatics.
In 2002, the Federal State Unitary Enterprise Vector, by Decree of the President of the Russian Federation and the decision of the Ministry of State Property Management of the Sverdlovsk Region, was transformed into JSC Ural Production Enterprise Vector, 100% of whose shares remained state-owned.
For 15 years, Vector has been a monopolist in the production of domestic electric musical instruments and sound amplification equipment.

## Awards

The company was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor in 1966 for the successes achieved in completing the tasks of the seven-year-old.

## Products

* Payphone equipment
* Radio relay equipment
* Equipment of digital transmission systems
* Household computers, disk drives, joysticks
* Start-up chargers
* Electric cord with plug, extension cords
* Gas and electric gas stoves, gas cylinder connecting devices
* Furniture and furniture accessories
* Microplasma plant for metal cutting and welding
* Electric loader power supply system
* Track switches, interlock switches
* Cargo and passenger elevator control devices
* Push-button posts (elevator. obor-e)
* Light displays (elevator. obor-e)
The organization is also engaged in military developments.
# Industrial Scientific Corporation

Industrial Scientific Corporation, headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, designs and manufactures gas detection products that protect workers from hazardous conditions around the world. Key markets include utilities, chemical production, oil and gas, steel and coke, paper industry, fire service, construction, military, insurance companies, food service, and general industry.

## Products

Industrial Scientific designs and manufactures various styles of intrinsically safe gas detection equipment designed to work as personal protective equipment or as an area monitoring solution. Industrial Scientific also develops a software as a service product called Predictive Solutions.

## History

Industrial Scientific began in 1976 as the Research Division of the National Mine Service Company (NMS) with a focus on developing instrumentation to detect methane gas. In 1985, NMS sold the division to founder Kenton McElhattan, and Industrial Scientific started its operations as a private company. The catalyst for the separation stemmed from an argument with NMS's Scottish majority owner over a used microscope worth $600.
In 2015, Industrial Scientific moved into a new 200,000 square foot headquarters in Robinson Township, Pennsylvania, consolidating their operations from four buildings in Oakdale, Pennsylvania and Findlay Township, Pennsylvania into one.
In 2017, Industrial Scientific was acquired by Fortive, the parent company of Fluke, Tektronix, among others.

## Acquisitions

In 2006, Industrial Scientific acquired Oldham S.A. of Arras, France, a company primarily manufacturing fixed gas monitoring Systems.
In 2008, Industrial Scientific acquired DBO2, a company using a self developed data mining software to predict and forestall safety problems primarily in the building industry.
In 2019, Industrial Scientific acquired Toronto software company Intelex Technologies, a developer of environmental, health and safety, and quality software.