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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, the First Lord of the Admiralty, who as a [...] sailed round the world in 1740 and knew all about the ravages of this disease. Unfortunately, this work was by the medical community ignored. Lind was not the discoverer of the beneficial effect of citruses [...] Klassen and Cathrine Froese Klassen and is based, in part on Historical Background: Food, energy and work – developing a science of nutrition written by Andreas Junk. Biography: James Lind was written by
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today perceived as masterpieces, are collectible and admired around the world. Her most important work, Insectorum Surinamensium Metamorphosis (1705) is considered as one of the finest natural history [...] than she painter, Johann Andreas Graff, another stepfather's student, who later specialized in the works of painting and engraving of architectural objects. Until 1670, the couple lived in Frankfurt, where [...] colorized by the author was a new phenomenon at that time. Nuremberg luminary Arnold Chistopher named her work as "a magnificent" … In 1681, her stepfather Marrel died, and Maria Sybilla moved from Nuremberg to
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education. However, he soon left school and started helping his father. When John was 12, he started working as a teacher in a local school. He earned his living and provided himself with a quiet, untroubled [...] the President of the Society. Over a period of 50 years, Dalton present- ed 116 of his scientific works. In addition, Dalton created his private laboratory in the building be- longing to the Manchester
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knowledge. We estimate that Democritus wrote about 70 different works, but only a few of them have sur- vived to this day. The majority of his works are about mathematics, biology, sociology, geography, astronomy [...] matter and modern science.” Democritus, like many of his contemporaries, did not leave behind written works. However, from the messages of later Greek authors, we know with some certainty that he was born around [...] although he de- scribed some of his views. It is believed that Plato even wanted to burn Democritus’ works, but the followers of the Pythagorean cult (Cleinias and Amyclas) prevented this from happening. Aristotle
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Netherlands. He was the seventh child of Christiaan Eijkman and Johanna Alida Pool. Christiaan’s father worked as a headmaster at the local school. When he was only a few years old, his family relo- cated to [...] chief medical officer to the island of Java in the Indies, accompanied by his new wife. There, he worked as an army surgeon for two years. Unfortu- nately, he contracted a severe case of malaria in 1885 [...] his recovery from malaria, Eijkman began studying a new field of medicine called bacteriology. He worked in Josef Forster's laboratory in Amsterdam and also in Robert Koch's bacteriological laboratory in
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exploring solar cooking, based on the work of Horace-Bénédict de Saussure and Claude Pouil- let. Horace de Saussure was a French - Swiss scien- tist and started his work of solar cooking in 1767 building a [...] stem power. Solar cooking was his another field of investigations. Exploring solar cooking he used works of Hor- ace-Benedict de Saussure and Claude Pouillet. Mouchot also demonstrated prin- ciple of ice [...] bizarre – even magical.” Mouhout won a first place medal at this exhibi- tion and could continue his work on the devel- opments. In 1869 he poured himself into writing the first book ever devoted to solar
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the world-changing effect that his work in physics and engineering would have. William, later to become Sir William, Baron Kelvin of Largs, achieved a monumental work in his lifetime, publishing 661 scientific [...] died of cholera two years after he was elected. In turn, Thomson devoted his life to working at Glasgow, continuing to work there for 53 years. Another great scientific interest of Thomson’s came about after [...] the experiments he had performed in his brewery, which dealt with temperature and mechanical work. His work impressed and intrigued Thomson so much that he stood and praised the author, and even joined
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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 in Tobolsk, a town [...] gymnasium. Unluckily, his career was interrupted by the Crimean War, and the gymna- sium where he worked was converted into a hospi- tal. Mendeleev moved back to Saint Petersburg, where he became employed [...] Unfortunately, because of person- ality differences, their marriage ended in divorce. Mendeleev's work at the university ended un- expectedly. Having sided with his students over a dispute, he handed the
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winter. Germans were among the most affected. It is said that this experience influenced the subsequent work of Liebig and the establishment of his company. Liebig gained experience as a pharmacist in the Gottfried [...] more advanced chemical research. In autumn of 1822, Liebig went to Paris to continue his studies. He worked in the private laboratory of Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac, and became friends with Alexander von Humboldt [...] In 1837, he was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, and in 1845, started working at the University of Munich, where he remained until his death. That same year, he received the title
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measured the energy converted from food into heat and mechanical work (Rubner, 1902). Several other scientists worked on a theory of nutrition and work to enhance human performance in industry and the military [...] energy for their work in factories. After von Helmholtz’s publi- cation on the conservation of the “living force,” 11 it seemed obvious working men had to convert their food into mechanical work and that these [...] march on an empty stomach” illustrates the equilibrium between food consumption and work, but not, necessarily, the work typical for a soldier. Ancient sources written by Roman quartermasters around 100