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gases. He also pre- sented a hypothesis regarding Abiogenic Petrole- um Origin, and predicted the possibility of ex- tracting many important chemical compounds out of petroleum. Dmitri also made his mark [...] 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. Dmitri Mendeleev was born on February 8, 1834 [...] Alcohol” and became a professor of chemistry at the University in Saint Petersburg. During this time he also wrote a com- prehensive textbook on organic chemistry. As a professor, Mendeleev was highly respected
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some proper- ties of the principle of Earth, and can be transformed in a gaseous state, thus carries also some principles of Air (see e.g. Priesner 2011). Elementary property Cold Heat Dry Earth Fire Moist [...] century and were only omit- ted when the concept of energy became more and more established. 1 See also http://www.chemheritage.org/discover/online- resources/chemistry-in-history/themes/early-chemistry- [...] there were always three elements. Moreover, these elements did not just react similarly, but they had also some fundamental connections: Most notably, calci- um, strontium, and barium did not just show a similar
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gases. He also pre- sented a hypothesis regarding Abiogenic Petrole- um Origin, and predicted the possibility of ex- tracting many important chemical compounds out of petroleum. Dmitri also made his mark [...] some proper- ties of the principle of Earth, and can be transformed in a gaseous state, thus carries also some principles of Air (see e.g. Priesner 2011). Elementary property Cold Heat Dry Earth Fire Moist [...] century and were only omit- ted when the concept of energy became more and more established. 1 See also http://www.chemheritage.org/discover/online- resources/chemistry-in-history/themes/early-chemistry-
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certain amount of mechanic- al force was transformed into a respective amount of heat? Could that also be the case with electricity? He started to think about how to examine these connections. About three [...] Inside the vessel there was an axis with brass paddles to mix the water. Additionally, there were also fixed paddles that helped to produce a larger friction in the water – meanwhile he could use weights
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them through Euclid’s books on geometry, and covered a vast range of natural phenomena. There was also a wilder side of Joule’s science educa- tion: he blew his eyebrows off in a gun experiment; he flew [...] conservation of en- ergy, are among the greatest achievements of nine- teenth-century science. Joule also calculated that the water just beyond the bottom of a waterfall will be one degree Fahren- heit warmer [...] explained by Mr. Joule in 1847 by the heat developed by bodies rushing into our atmosphere. Joule also did a series of beautiful experiments on electrolysis and combustion. Batteries work because some
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concept of absolute zero—the temperature at which no heat can be removed from a system. Thomson’s work also played a large part in formalizing the second law of thermodynamics, where he formulated the familiar
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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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involved. Finally, we conducted the ex- periment on 150 seedlings. We were not only water- ing, but also fertilizing fifty of them. Another fifty were only watered. The last fifty were watered and fertilized [...] While he was looking for the medicine for Emma, he was working not only on the poultry extract, but also beef one. During the experiment, he no- ticed that the strained meet that was lying on the glasses
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the law of the minimum, which states that the scarcest resource is what limits a given organism. He also developed a process for producing meat extract and founded the company Liebig Extract of Meat Company [...] because of his involvement with a radical nationalist student organization called Korps Rhenania, but also because he was looking for a place to carry out more advanced chemical research. In autumn of 1822 [...] titled Logic, because it promoted science as a means to social progress and political development, and also because Mill described several examples of Liebig’s research as an ideal for the scientific method
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als who co-founded an anti-fascist movement in Paris. Despite her political engagements, they had also been very active in their scientific research. This was the reason why Irene had to stay at her desk [...] Even though sometimes their findings in the end turned out to be erroneous. And of course there were also stories about the moments when they had received their recognition – most no- tably the story when [...] to receive this honor. Incredibily, she was not only the first female to receive a Nobel Prize, but also the first person ever to receive a second Nobel Prize. But then these days of childhood were over