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nature and he often carried out bar- ometrical and meteorological observations. In 1754, Antoine started attending Collège des Quatre Nations (Collège Mazarin), which was known for its advanced teaching [...] with the support of the European Commission (project 518094-LLP-1-2011-1-GR-COMENIUS-CMP) and the Uni- versity of Flensburg, Germany. This publication reflects only the views of the author, and the Commission [...] person was subjected to. Firstly the person was at rest, and secondly he/she was at work”. Lavoisier started to refer to his inferences from the experiment. “I assumed that the purpose of the human respiration
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very slowly. Sometimes she would start to draw the strange leaves on the branches that the silk- worms were eating and sitting at. And then one day the silkworms started to spin themselves into a cocoon [...] draw it – but the old man shook his head and said: “No that is out of question, I guess you want to start your own silkworm breed?” Sibylla shook her head and said: “No, I would only like to draw the silkworms [...] decided to inspect this phenomenon some more and to observe it even closer. Maria Sibylla Marian started observing and drawing silkworms, caterpillars and butterflies at the age of thirteen. Nineteen years
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still believed that insects were created from dirt and mud. Her observations started in 1660 in Frankfurt. At 13, she started to study the metamorphosis of insects, for example, the development of silkworms [...] and plants. She visited plantations along the Suriname River in search of new caterpillars. She started with a 40-mile canoe expedition up the river to the plantation of Providence in April 1700, together
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experiments to find the cheapest and most efficient way of providing food and clothing. He also started a clothing workhouse to produce clothing for the military. The impressed Elector rewarded Thompson’s
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nature and he often carried out bar- ometrical and meteorological observations. In 1754, Antoine started attending Collège des Quatre Nations (Collège Mazarin), which was known for its advanced teaching
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learned that the drill was not still in the process of being sharpened but the procedure had to be start- ed once again. The workman pointed out that some drills had broken, and even though new ones were [...] replaced the drill with one that was blunt, they brought some water to cool the metal, and they started making the horses walk again in their usual circle. After a while, Thompson noted that the metal [...] theory of heat and to show that heat was instead something immate- rial. Rumford went to his desk and started to write down his findings. He knew that his claim would meet severe opposition. Therefore, he decided
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establishing his work, but also William Thomson, who later became Lord Kelvin. Yet, Joule himself did not start from scratch and par- ticularly referred to the work of Benjamin Thomp- son, Count Rumford, who carried [...] distance. Due to the absorption of radiant heat and the resulting different pressure, the alcohol drop starts to move. The experimenter increases the distance between the stronger heat source and the thermoscope [...] efficient way to insulate the human body. To summarize, Rumford can in retrospect be identified as a starting point for various develop- ment in the energy science – he carried out exper- iments that were related
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Lycée de Tours in years (1864–1871). In this period of time the French teacher – Augustin Mouchot started to undertake research on solar energy. The idea of finding new alterna- tive energy sources overwhelmed [...] dict 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 miniature greenhouse ,in which he placed a pieces of
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have fuel for the seam engines that were the central power source in the factories. To France, this started to pose a major problem, as the coal deposits turned out to be limited and were almost ex- hausted
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