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Exploring solar cooking he used works of Hor- ace-Benedict de Saussure and Claude Pouillet. Mouchot also demonstrated prin- ciple of ice blocks production using a solar-driven adsorption chiller. Then he
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ror had a diameter of some five meters, and the engine could be used as a printing device and was also able to produce ice. Mouchot was awarded a gold medal for this machine. Yet, by this time, things
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founded by Becher and Stahl. This played also a role in naming the first instrument that enabled measurements of the amount of heat calorimeter (Roberts 1991, see also Beretta 2005), the ice calorimeter. For [...] the glass. also in 1804 an investigation in which he analyzed the ability of various materials to emit radiant heat. 2 Whilst this inquiry may be seen as funda- mental research, there are also aspects of [...] experimental resources (which will be discussed later) it also caused a difficulty: Even though conceptual difficulties played a role, it was also Joule’s status that was meaningful. He was not a trained
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again from these two gases. This was also remarkable as water – like air – had been considered as being a chemical element. And one of the gases that formed water was also part of the air, a gas that Lavoisier [...] chemist in his forties. He had been a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences since the late 1760s, and also one of the tax collectors for the French King – a position that was the basis of his wealth. His wife [...] than Antoine, a beautiful and very bright person who was not only interested in the Sciences, but also good in languages (she actually translated English publications for her husband). Moreover, she hosted
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in 1909, Mach was also very prominent in his times) and the proponents of a statistical inter- pretation (most notably Boltzmann) was not just based on physical issues but involved also deep philosophical [...] again from these two gases. This was also remarkable as water – like air – had been considered as being a chemical element. And one of the gases that formed water was also part of the air, a gas that Lavoisier [...] of chemical composition, and formulating the laws of partial pressures and multiple proportions. He also carried out numerous tests on gas absorption in liquids and thermal expansion of gases, and de- scribed
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his house. He was in a rush, despite the temperature, not only because he wanted to get home, but also be- cause he was in a bad temper. Plato was annoyed, something this ridiculous had not happened to [...] sentences, he could not overhear the sound again, and this time, it did not only disrupt him, but also his students could not but notice. “Are you not well?” Plato asked, “shall someone fetch you a glass [...] choice than to agree. Plato finally reached home, and when being in- side the house, with the cool air also his temper cooled down. He was thinking of what he should do the next day, and with his temper cooling
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in 1909, Mach was also very prominent in his times) and the proponents of a statistical inter- pretation (most notably Boltzmann) was not just based on physical issues but involved also deep philosophical [...] of smooth, light, and round atoms. In contrast, an evil person is made of heavy, rough atoms. He also thought that liquids consisted of smooth, rounded atoms, which caused them to fall apart. Solid objects [...] rounded atoms gave a sweet taste, and heavy, rough atoms gave a spicy flavor. Colors and shades are also dependent on the position of atoms in a mixture. Democritus believed that the atoms that make up
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he had been right all the time, and he knew that after convincing Thomson, other scientists would also start to believe his findings. James Prescott Joule, the owner of a Manchester brewery, succeeded
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new field of medicine called bacteriology. He worked in Josef Forster's laboratory in Amsterdam and also in Robert Koch's bacteriological laboratory in Berlin, where he stayed for one year. Our story begins
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his military career. Along with this work, he also became the director of the Javanese Medical School, where he taught physiology and organic chemistry. He also remarried in 1888. With his wife Bertha Julie [...] vitamin.” Funk also illustrated the method and the amount of the beriberi vitamin that could be precipitated from an aqueous solution, as well as the chemical formula for the vitamin. g He also gave an il [...] Using the findings of Eijkman’s study, scientists were able to isolate a nutrient called thiamin, also known as vitamin B1. Eijkman had, through his research, formed the basis for understanding the role