ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

August Karl Rosiwal

August Karl Rosiwal was a very smart man who lived a long time ago. He liked to study rocks and minerals, which are like the little pieces that make up the earth. He found out that rocks and minerals have different shapes and sizes, and he wanted to figure out how to measure and describe them so other people could understand too.

So, he came up with a special tool called a micrometer, which is like a really fancy ruler that can measure things really, really tiny. He also made maps of where different rocks and minerals could be found all around the world.

People thought he was so smart that they made him a very important professor at a big university. Even today, people still use his tools and ideas to help them study rocks and minerals too!