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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 [...] march on an empty stomach” illustrates the equilibrium between food consumption and work, but not, necessarily, the work typical for a soldier. Ancient sources written by Roman quartermasters around 100
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from it a few dozen of sailors, soon not only will not be able to guide the cannons, but who will work on the sails?... We are in the sea since 2 April, it is almost seven weeks. Captain sadly looked down [...] scurvy is the result of putrefaction of the body, which can be aided by acids. On land that does not work. If I knew which alleviates the symptoms of scurvy, maybe I could help these poor... - Sit down, please [...] captain, doubtfully - Well? - One of them returned to service today, the second is ready to the light work on board! - Triumphantly said Lind - it seems to me that the oranges and lemons can help fight this
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Medical Society of Edinburgh. But his important scientific findings he published in 1753 in his classic work A Treatise on the Scurvy and dedicated it to Lord Anson, the First Lord of the Admiralty, who as a [...] sailed round the world in 1740 and knew all about the ravages of this disease. Unfortunately, this work was by the medical community ignored. Lind was not the discoverer of the beneficial effect of citruses [...] Klassen and Cathrine Froese Klassen and is based, in part on Historical Background: Food, energy and work – developing a science of nutrition written by Andreas Junk. Biography: James Lind was written by
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Netherlands. He was the seventh child of Christiaan Eijkman and Johanna Alida Pool. Christiaan’s father worked as a headmaster at the local school. When he was only a few years old, his family relo- cated to [...] chief medical officer to the island of Java in the Indies, accompanied by his new wife. There, he worked as an army surgeon for two years. Unfortu- nately, he contracted a severe case of malaria in 1885 [...] his recovery from malaria, Eijkman began studying a new field of medicine called bacteriology. He worked in Josef Forster's laboratory in Amsterdam and also in Robert Koch's bacteriological laboratory in
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Winding them up again however was hard work, way too tough for James who had a weak health since his childhood days, and who was not allowed to do physical working whatsoever. Besides, he was the owner [...] his experiments to the local scientif- Story: The hard work of experimenting 1 Storytelling Teaching Model: www.science-story-telling.eu The hard work of experimenting: James Prescott Joule and the mechanical [...] propelled a boat on a river with this new engine. Claims were that this device was able to carry out work at literally no cost, and Joule, who was interested in scientific and technological achievements since
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Broom- hill, Pendlebury, by tutors till he was about fifteen years of age. At fifteen he commenced working in the brewery, which, as his father's health declined, fell entirely into the hands of his brother [...] of his father’s home. His earliest experiments explored the relationships between electricity and work. In 1840, at the age of 22, he established that a conductor carrying an elec- tric current became [...] to each other what good can come out of a town where they dine in the middle of the day?” Joule’s work was so impressive that his provincial origins were forgiven, and by the late 1840’s he was regularly
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the world-changing effect that his work in physics and engineering would have. William, later to become Sir William, Baron Kelvin of Largs, achieved a monumental work in his lifetime, publishing 661 scientific [...] died of cholera two years after he was elected. In turn, Thomson devoted his life to working at Glasgow, continuing to work there for 53 years. Another great scientific interest of Thomson’s came about after [...] the experiments he had performed in his brewery, which dealt with temperature and mechanical work. His work impressed and intrigued Thomson so much that he stood and praised the author, and even joined
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Rumford’s work with re- spect to energy conservation, the importance of Lavoisier's work lies not in the fact that his system can be seen as the accepted theory – and actually Rumford’s work did not change [...] became familiar with the work of Victor Regnault and Sadi Carnot. The latter had demon- strated that the work of a steam engine is depend- ing on the temperature difference, thus the work was not equivalent [...] The hard work of experimenting Storytelling Teaching Model: www.science-story-telling.eu Joule_Didactical-Scenarios.pdf Illustrating the the possible transformation of heat into work and work into heat
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