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heat. He was well aware that heat could be excited by friction, however, to his understanding (and also to the one of all other scientists he knew – and he knew a lot of scien- tists) this was due to the [...] would certainly publish his paper, even if there were not fully convinced. At the same time, he would also prepare a German version of the paper and submit it to the Annalen der Physik, the recent-ly founded
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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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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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– these are electric eels.’ The main Lichtenberg achievements in the area of sciences can be added also to this collection. Our story touches the matters of the discoveries concerning the field of the [...] thought of. ‘They are really amazing’ – said Henry with the cutest voice he could come up with. He added also his cute, snow-white smile. John smiled to him in the same way. Andrew didn’t give up, he walked up [...] metal, earthed bowl. To create and separate the charges, the electrophorus has to be chafed. And I use also my cat for this chafing, with ‘huge benefit’: ‘I put it on the isolated table, I chafe it a little
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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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known by the Italian Alessandro Volta (who is best known for his invention of the battery). Volta also claimed to have invented the device. However, it is unclear whether he had been familiar with Wilcke’s [...] took a completely different, and in some respect new, perspective: He explained that the result could also be explained with a one fluid theory, and thus the instrument’s be- havior was inconclusive in this
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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