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had been considered as absurd, not just because it contradicted Aristotle’s doctrine directly, but also as the Catholic Church had accepted the Earth being in the center as the truth. On the other hand [...] precisely than the Aristotelian one even though the movement of the Earth was not noticeable and the also question of how the moving Earth could possibly pull the moon with her remained. Another remaining
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wealthy middle-class family in Magdeburg. His family was the owner of many buildings in the city and also of manors nearby. At the age of 15, Otto enrolled the faculty of Art at the University of Leipzig [...] Emperor, Leopold I. since then he could use the nickname ‘von’. With the agreement of the emperor, he also changed the spelling of his surname to Guericke from Gericke, converging it to the French spelling [...] vessel by the sudden sucking the air out of it, and many more. Guericke’s stay in Regensburg resulted also in establishing the contact with the maths and physics professor in the Jesuit College in Würzburg
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experimental setup and the underlying principle in several various types. In- stead of the 16 horses he also used a few men and later masses to determine a numerous value of the force that holds a similar c [...] the force of the outer atmospheric pressure that bears against the vessel. In Figure 4 one can see also the reasoned pro- duction of the scenery: With the help of the cylin- drical vessel and an evacuated [...] rather thought, that the void inside the hemispheres re- sembles the same thing, which fulfills the uni- verse. The theories of Nikolaus Kopernikus (1473- 1543) and Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) ques- tioned
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him the cause of the complexes. What is more, Georg had an asthma, and later in his life he suffered also from heart insufficiency, states of anxiety, depression. Despite all above- mentioned and many other [...] Georg’s upbringing. His main occupations were in the area of poetry, music and architecture. He was also interested in sciencce subjects and he instilled this interest in his two youngest sons. Throughout [...] g teacher of young Georg was the physics and maths lecturer, Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, who worked also in the astronomical observatory in the university. The time of studies was not easy for Lichtenberg
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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
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fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh) and seven years later became its treasurer. He also became a member of the Philosophical and Medical Society of Edinburgh. But his important scientific [...] that the water obtained from a vapour of heated sea water was fresh and was suitable for drinking. He also proposed the use of solar energy for water distillation. Unfortunately, the technology at that time
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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 [...] fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh) and seven years later became its treasurer. He also became a member of the Philosophical and Medical Society of Edinburgh. But his important scientific [...] that the water obtained from a vapour of heated sea water was fresh and was suitable for drinking. He also proposed the use of solar energy for water distillation. Unfortunately, the technology at that time
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, New Zealand. There, he became a very active student, not only in science, but also playing for the rugby team. He also participated in the Dialectic Society (a student debating group) and the graduation [...] sensitivity from his mother. Education was very important to his par- ents. James Rutherford’s work was also very impor- tant to the development of his son’s personality. His father’s work required the family [...] they moved to Havelock in the Marlborough Sounds for flax- milling and finally, in 1888, to Taranaki, also for flax milling. At the age of 10, Ernest read his first science book and started performing his
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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