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ses applica- tions industrielles. Paris. Olson RG (1970) Count Rumford, Sir John Leslie, and the Study of the Nature and Propagation of Heat at the Begin- ning of the Nineteenth Century. In: Annals of [...] Mechanical Value of Heat: Instruments of Precision and Gestures of Accuracy in Early Victorian England. Studies in the History and Philosophy of Science 26, 73 - 106. Sichau C (2000): Die Joule-Thomson-Experimente: [...] eines Experiments. In: NTM 8:223-243. Smith C & Wise MN (1989): Energy and Empire: ¬A bio- graphical study of Lord Kelvin (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge - New York - Port Chester - Melbourne – Sydney
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young, he was educated by Egyp- tian priests and Babylonian magicians. In subse- quent years, he studied philosophy in Leucippus' school (school of Atomists, 400 BC), where he de- veloped an interest in [...] philosophische Weltauffassung. Frankfurt am Main: Klostermann. Heilbron, J. L. (1981). Historical studies in the theory of atomic structure. New York: Arno Press. Holton, G. J. (1978). The scientific imagination
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his request was denied outright. What a letdown for Augustin! The government, having commissioned a study on the economic viability of solar energy, had concluded that there was no justification for further
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Additionally, French govern- ment assessed that solar energy was not enough economical. Mouchot studies become less im- portant as before. He hasn’t got more financial support. His activity concerned with
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collaborat- ed with him to examine heat changes when gases expand and contract. Results of these studies paved the way for the development of the refriger- ator. Their first joint research was on the thermal
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regular teenage boy known for his good sense of humor and infectious laughter. After seven years studying at the University of Glasgow, William Thomson’s father encouraged him to continue his education [...] later led other scientists to important discoveries. It was in Regnault’s laboratory that he began to study the science behind the steam engine, which remained an interest to him when he returned to Cambridge [...] Joule’s work in the scientific community. One of the more popular topics in science at the time was studying the relationship between pressure and temperature in a certain volume of gas. Scientists at the
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At the beginning, he studied in Paris under the supervision of Professor Henri Victor Regnault. Later, he travelled to Heidelberg, where he continued his research, this time study- ing the solutions under [...] periodic table of elements, which is still used today. Mendeleev devoted a great part of his life to the study of solutions, catalysis, and petroleum. He also wrote many works, including Principles of Chemistry [...] and Dmitri entered the Main Pedagog- ical Institute, where gymnasium teachers were ed- ucated. He studied mathematics, physics, and chemistry and was awarded the medal of excel- lence for being first in
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element until well into the 18th century when several chemists started almost simultaneously their study of pneumat- ics and were able to show that air was a combi- nation of several gases. Until the end