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concept of entropy. Due to Joule’s achievements, he was honored particularly: the unit of energy was given his name while he was still alive, so far, he is the only scientist who was ever honored in such a
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as a need for distraction, he bought a yacht and took up sailing. In 1892, Sir William Thomson was given the title of Baron Kelvin of Largs, named after the river Kelvin, which ran by his laboratory at the [...] Westminster Abbey, nearby Isaac Newton. In 1968, units of temperature on the absolute degree scale were given the official name of kelvin, and the symbol K. References Lindley, D. (2004). Degrees Kelvin : a tale [...] current became hot, and that the rate of heating for a current I flowing through a resistance R was given by I2R for any kind of wire, and even for elec- tric currents in fluids. This was a kind of heat pro-
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of Medicine (MD). Due to his excellent education and many years of practice, this degree has been given to him already in 1748. His versatility shows e.g. on the thesis, which is concerned with... venereal [...] movement so that the dog could not waste his energy in floundering. The idea was that all the energy given to the animal by the food supply had to be turned into heat since conversion into mechanical work [...] meat was not necessary for a balanced diet. Conse- quently, meat, an expensive commodity, should be given as brain food only to persons who did intellectual work. If one takes into account that at times the
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George III himself and he clearly gained king’s sympathy. Due to the king’s will Lichtenberg was given the nomination of the extraordinary professor in Göttingen. Four years later he came to England, where
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organisms. He formulated 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 [...] solution, which contained nearly intact proteins. The remnants of acid were neutralized, and it was given to Emma Muspratt to drink. She quickly regained her health. The extract could not be mass produced [...] obvious that the expensive meat was by no means necessary for their balanced living but should be given as “brain food” to persons, who did an intellectual work.” (see the historical background of this
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movement so that the dog could not waste his energy in floundering. The idea was that all the energy given to the animal by the food supply had to be turned into heat since conversion into mechanical work [...] meat was not necessary for a balanced diet. Conse- quently, meat, an expensive commodity, should be given as brain food only to persons who did intellectual work. If one takes into account that at times the
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happening. He hadn't done anything to cure them! The man who fed the chickens told Eijkman that he had given them cooked white rice during the period they got sick. It was leftover rice from the next-door hospital [...] movement so that the dog could not waste his energy in floundering. The idea was that all the energy given to the animal by the food supply had to be turned into heat since conversion into mechanical work [...] meat was not necessary for a balanced diet. Conse- quently, meat, an expensive commodity, should be given as brain food only to persons who did intellectual work. If one takes into account that at times the
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must recognize that this idea is very ancient and its slow development across the centuries it has given birth to various curious devices." - Augustin Bernard Mouchot, at the Universal Ex position, Paris
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