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again from these two gases. This was also remarkable as water – like air – had been considered as being a chemical element. And one of the gases that formed water was also part of the air, a gas that Lavoisier [...] chemist in his forties. He had been a member of the Paris Academy of Sciences since the late 1760s, and also one of the tax collectors for the French King – a position that was the basis of his wealth. His wife [...] than Antoine, a beautiful and very bright person who was not only interested in the Sciences, but also good in languages (she actually translated English publications for her husband). Moreover, she hosted
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of chemical composition, and formulating the laws of partial pressures and multiple proportions. He also carried out numerous tests on gas absorption in liquids and thermal expansion of gases, and de- scribed [...] tense and often felt uncom- fortable. He never succeeded as a lecturer because he lacked charisma. He also never married, claim- ing that he could not afford to have a wife. Dalton had a great interest in [...] on Earth and observed that atmospheric composition is the same regardless of the location. Dalton also proved that the atmosphere is not a chemical compound, but instead is a composition of various gases
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he had been right all the time, and he knew that after convincing Thomson, other scientists would also start to believe his findings. James Prescott Joule, the owner of a Manchester brewery, succeeded
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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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certain amount of mechanic- al force was transformed into a respective amount of heat? Could that also be the case with electricity? He started to think about how to examine these connections. About three [...] Inside the vessel there was an axis with brass paddles to mix the water. Additionally, there were also fixed paddles that helped to produce a larger friction in the water – meanwhile he could use weights
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them through Euclid’s books on geometry, and covered a vast range of natural phenomena. There was also a wilder side of Joule’s science educa- tion: he blew his eyebrows off in a gun experiment; he flew [...] conservation of en- ergy, are among the greatest achievements of nine- teenth-century science. Joule also calculated that the water just beyond the bottom of a waterfall will be one degree Fahren- heit warmer [...] explained by Mr. Joule in 1847 by the heat developed by bodies rushing into our atmosphere. Joule also did a series of beautiful experiments on electrolysis and combustion. Batteries work because some
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concept of absolute zero—the temperature at which no heat can be removed from a system. Thomson’s work also played a large part in formalizing the second law of thermodynamics, where he formulated the familiar
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vitamin.” Funk also illustrated the method and the amount of the beriberi vitamin that could be precipitated from an aqueous solution, as well as the chemical formula for the vitamin. g He also gave an il [...] fellow of the Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh) and seven years later became its treasurer. He also became a member of the Philosophical and Medical Society of Edinburgh. But his important scientific [...] that the water obtained from a vapour of heated sea water was fresh and was suitable for drinking. He also proposed the use of solar energy for water distillation. Unfortunately, the technology at that time
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his military career. Along with this work, he also became the director of the Javanese Medical School, where he taught physiology and organic chemistry. He also remarried in 1888. With his wife Bertha Julie [...] Using the findings of Eijkman’s study, scientists were able to isolate a nutrient called thiamin, also known as vitamin B1. Eijkman had, through his research, formed the basis for understanding the role [...] new field of medicine called bacteriology. He worked in Josef Forster's laboratory in Amsterdam and also in Robert Koch's bacteriological laboratory in Berlin, where he stayed for one year. During this time