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measured the energy converted from food into heat and mechanical work (Rubner, 1902). Several other scientists worked on a theory of nutrition and work to enhance human performance in industry and the military [...] energy for their work in factories. After von Helmholtz’s publi- cation on the conservation of the “living force,” 11 it seemed obvious working men had to convert their food into mechanical work and that these [...] person at rest and second with a person at work We found that the person at work produces more carbon dioxide than the other at rest, which means that the person at work uses more oxygen in respiration and dur-
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opment of the atomic theory as the original works of Leucippus and Democritus were lost and were actually known only through his criti- cism. Aristotle’s works were kept and expanded in the Islamic culture [...] education. However, he soon left school and started helping his father. When John was 12, he started working as a teacher in a local school. He earned his living and provided himself with a quiet, untroubled [...] the President of the Society. Over a period of 50 years, Dalton present- ed 116 of his scientific works. In addition, Dalton created his private laboratory in the building be- longing to the Manchester
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education. However, he soon left school and started helping his father. When John was 12, he started working as a teacher in a local school. He earned his living and provided himself with a quiet, untroubled [...] the President of the Society. Over a period of 50 years, Dalton present- ed 116 of his scientific works. In addition, Dalton created his private laboratory in the building be- longing to the Manchester
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his father died. In 1752, Georg was enrolled in the secondary school in Damstadt. Thanks to his hard work and creativity, he gained few prizes. Pastor’s family did not suffer from poverty, but they did not [...] outstanding teacher of young Georg was the physics and maths lecturer, Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, who worked also in the astronomical observatory in the university. The time of studies was not easy for Lichtenberg [...] planning to write his own textbook, but he never did that. Although, he had never published any bigger work in natural history with his name, he was considered as one of the most outstanding contemporary scholars
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have invented the device. However, it is unclear whether he had been familiar with Wilcke’s work or whether his work serves as an example of an independent development. The operations with the electrophorus [...] electrical charges. However, most researchers in the field of electricity remained ignorant of Wilcke’s work; and the electrophorus was particularly made known by the Italian Alessandro Volta (who is best known [...] other electrical phenomena) be explained with both conceptual ideas. However, another researcher worked with the electrophorus, and he seemingly made an observation that could be used as evidence for the
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have invented the device. However, it is unclear whether he had been familiar with Wilcke’s work or whether his work serves as an example of an independent development. The operations with the electrophorus [...] his father died. In 1752, Georg was enrolled in the secondary school in Damstadt. Thanks to his hard work and creativity, he gained few prizes. Pastor’s family did not suffer from poverty, but they did not [...] outstanding teacher of young Georg was the physics and maths lecturer, Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, who worked also in the astronomical observatory in the university. The time of studies was not easy for Lichtenberg
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the existence of vacuum. Furthermore you could have some more information in the website about the work of Otto (in German) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhFpez0na_w …………………………………………………………………………………… [...] considerations regarding the vacuum and fill the table below. Scientists Name Time period lived Country worked Views about the vacuum Plato Aristotle Evangelista Torricelli Blaise Pascal Otto von Guericke (1602-1686)
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aversion against any emptiness. This discussion flamed up again in the 17 th century. Beneath the work of Galilei, Torricelli and Pascal in Italy and France, the mayor of Magdeburg, a town in the center [...] aversion against any emptiness. This discussion flamed up again in the 17 th century. Beneath the work of Galilei, Torricelli and Pascal in Italy and France, the mayor of Magdeburg, a town in the center [...] to compensate the applied force of about ten men on the right. However, what one cannot see is the work that has to be done, to conduct this experiment. Schott illustrates in his technica curiosa a setup
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interrupted him. “Seal this barrel now! And seal it completely!” The man muttered something but began to work and he didn’t even stop as the fire fighters arrived with their hoses and nozzles. Finally the barrel [...] The men started to pump. Relatively soon they were groaning because it became harder and hard- er to work the pump. But then the barrel made 2 Story Otto and the Emptiness Storytelling Teaching Model: ht [...] wouldn’t stop. Otto was wondering what that could be – when he saw that the pumping men could suddenly work the pump more easily again. The barrel wasn’t sealed, air was flowing in! Otto was very disappointed
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when Magdeburg was taken over by Swedish people, he came back to his homecity, where he started to work in the city’s administration. During the following ten years, he was involved in rebuilding the city [...] physics professor in the Jesuit College in Würzburg, Jesuit Gaspar Schott. In 1657, Schott published the work entitled Mechanica hydraulico- pneumatica, in which one of the chapters was devoted to describe all [...] electrostatic generator, with the sulphur sphere as the basic element. In 1672, in Amsterdam, the work of Guericke’s life entitled Experimenta nova (ut vocantur) Magdeburgica de vacuo spatio was published