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two-hundred-and-eighty thou- sand prisoners in Javanese prisons, Eijkman managed to find the cure. Using the findings of Eijkman’s study, scientists were able to isolate a nutrient called thiamin, also [...] the research efforts, in either Java or the Netherlands, to find the exact cause of beriberi. Discussion 4 • What was Eijkman trying to find out with his different versions of diet for chickens? • Why [...] answers to the following questions. a) What was Eijkman trying to find out with his many versions of diet? b) Why could Eijkman not find an explanation? c) What advice would you have for Eijkman? Instructions:

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• Eijkman and Beri-Beri

increase the budget of the Bavarian army while increasing the number of troops and their wages, he had to find a means to re- duce costs. The first measure was to lower the costs of the soldiers’ uniforms by employing [...] part, based on experi- ments Santorio conducted on himself. On the opening page of his book, one finds an illustration of the ex- help with minor tasks if they wanted to do so (see Redlich 1971, pp. 184 [...] perspiration. Additionally, he invented measurement devices to determine pulse and body temperature. His findings are the first results from a long-term study on human metabolism. Energy in Combustion Whereas Santorio

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• Antoine Laurent de Lavoisier and respiration

became a member of the Philosophical and Medical Society of Edinburgh. But his important scientific findings he published in 1753 in his classic work A Treatise on the Scurvy and dedicated it to Lord Anson [...] this photo we can see the cover of the History of Medicine book. Please observe this photo. You can find more information about the scurvy. Research in the internet in order to construct a poster for the [...] increase the budget of the Bavarian army while increasing the number of troops and their wages, he had to find a means to re- duce costs. The first measure was to lower the costs of the soldiers’ uniforms by employing

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• Lind and scurvy

Model: wiki.science-stories.org the mass of CO2, standard stoichiometric calculations could be used to find the mass of carbon in the original sample. One of Liebig’s most recognized and influential achievements [...] …………………………………… Actvity 4 The industrial production of Liebig’s meat extract was a poster. Please find more information in the website: http://blogs.princeton.edu/graphicarts/2007/09/from_beef_bouillo [...] increase the budget of the Bavarian army while increasing the number of troops and their wages, he had to find a means to re- duce costs. The first measure was to lower the costs of the soldiers’ uniforms by employing

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• Liebig and nutrition

several groups of three chemical elements that behave very similar to each other in reactions. He could find several combina- tions of elements, and there were always three elements. Moreover, these elements [...] to identify several new elements. The more elements were known to chemists, the easier it became to find sub- stances that behaved similar. Figure 3 Mendeleev’s structuring of the elements. http://upload [...] undiscovered” (Moseley 1913, 713). In some sense, Moseley acts very similar to Mendeleev – he was able to find another math- ematical relation that described properties of the atoms, however, there were some gaps

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• Mendeleev and the Periodic System

managed to find suitable places to observe the lecture. Professor Georg Christoph Lichtenberg walked onto the platform, because of his height, and he started stately: ‘during today’s lecture we will find out

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• Lichtenberg and the electrophorus

with this issue. However, Rumford published 1 The background of these experiments was the idea to find out which part of the (visible) spectrum might affect lenses in a telescope in the most significant [...] energy dis- sipation (and in this respect entropy) had been developed, both Joule’s and Carnot’s findings were no longer in contradiction. In some sense, this contradiction together with the growing ac- [...] is relevant for the acceptance of Joule’s work in the British scientific community: Ignoring his findings may in part be explained by the fact that Joule was a brewery owner in Man- chester. Even though

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• Scientific Partnership; James Prescott Joule, William Thomson, and the mechanical equivalent of heat.

future tasks to develop the under- standing of the underlying truths that explain our empirical findings. You see, chemistry is not yet finished.” The boy did not seem to be too pleased with this response [...] was about to deliver a lecture to the prestigious Royal Institution, a lecture that condensed the findings of his researches of the last years, re- searches that were triggered by this question the schoolboy [...] that could be composed (or produced by de- composing other substances). Instead, he was trying to find mathematical rules in the chemi- cal reactions that went beyond the recipe ap- proach. The easiest

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• Dalton and the atoms

the front page of the book with the title ‘Theatrum Insectorum’ (Theater of Insects) one can also find the names of Conrad Gesner, Edward Wotton, and Thomas Penny. Gesner and Wotton died al- ready in the [...] in observing insects, especially holometabolic insects. By the middle of the 17th century one can find an increasing number of published works on in- sects. To give an example, Jan Swammerdam, a Dutch

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• Sybilla Merian and Cocoons

students should display in the form of an oral presentation and a subsequent discussion, the main findings and hypotheses of the thesis. The duration of defense is usually one hour. Master Colloquium: During

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• Curriculum Overview