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, Edward Wotton, and Thomas Penny. Gesner and Wotton died al- ready in the middle of the 16th century. This means that the work of 1634 contained infor- mation that was gained some generations ear- lier [...] of published works on in- sects. To give an example, Jan Swammerdam, a Dutch scholar, wrote in 1669 his ‘Historia Insectorum Generalis’ (General History of Insects) about the transformation of insects [...] with covered and uncovered meat, he showed, that insects only appeared where insects before laid their eggs. Figure 2: Titlepage of Moffets work. Source: http
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, insects, spiders, amphibians and reptiles until today perceived as masterpieces, are collectible and admired around the world. Her most important work, Insectorum Surinamensium Metamorphosis (1705) [...] in the works of painting and engraving of architectural objects. Until 1670, the couple lived in Frankfurt, where in 1668, Maria gave birth to their first daughter, Johanna Helena. Soon after, they moved [...] in German and Latin. Often, Maria added colors herself. The book, which was colorized by the author was a new phenomenon at that time. Nuremberg luminary Arnold Chistopher named her work as "a
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to your view and discuss them in your group. (Indicative points of the narration: the description of the metamorphosis of cocoons, the description Sibylla’s work, the detection of time during which Sibylla’s work was developed,..) …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… [...] it published. It appeared 30 years after his death, published by the famous physician Théodore de Mayerne. …this work published in 1634 contained information that was gained some generations earlier. This can
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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 and sighed quietly. - [...] 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. You know that nothing will help them out to go ashore [...] . The miracle would be if they could return to the sails. - Said the captain, doubtfully - Well? - One of them returned to service today, the second is ready to the light work on board! - Triumphantly said
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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 commodore had 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. Already in 1601, the British East India [...] 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
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and she loved to draw. Initially that had been a problem, as her mother didn’t want her to spend hours and hours working on her pictures. Only when her stepfather, who was a painter himself, praised [...] that her stepfather had told her he would be able to use the picture as a sample for a book he was currently working on. As a reward he wanted to visit a silkworm farm with her, so she could take a look [...] and butterflies at the age of thirteen. Nineteen years later the first volume of her work “The caterpillars’ wonderful transformation and curious flower nutrition” was released, in which she described
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. The roots of trophology, as a science, lie in historic scientific and sociological accomplishments. Initially, the key experiments to verify the links among consumption, energy, and work were conducted [...] , the laws of energy conservation and energy conversion stand next to the ex- periments of Max Rubner who 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. Of equal importance was prevalence and cause of diseases and the need for cures
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