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seen in the historical analysis both in Greek antiquity, as well as for the modern period. It can also be identified in the educational conceptions. The historical development of the concept of elements [...] elements were not what we call earth, fire, air, and water, but they are elementary principles (see also the background on the development of the Periodic Table). 2 Historical Background: Atoms Storytelling [...] atomic theory, apart from not ac- cepting the idea of empty space, which contradicted his theory. He also found the notion of an object being in permanent motion absurd. He opposed the atomic concept in its
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known by the Italian Alessandro Volta (who is best known for his invention of the battery). Volta also claimed to have invented the device. However, it is unclear whether he had been familiar with Wilcke’s [...] took a completely different, and in some respect new, perspective: He explained that the result could also be explained with a one fluid theory, and thus the instrument’s be- havior was inconclusive in this
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both of these processes. Antoine also showed that oxy- gen plays a key role in respiration for animals and plants, as well as in the process of metal rusting. He also discovered that hydrogen, in combina- [...] on Ex- act and Natural Sciences. Here, he studied math- ematics and astronomy. Young Lavoisier was also interested in botany, geology, and mineralogy, and attended some chemistry courses. He left Collège [...] out numerous chemistry experiments. He wrote on the origin of chemical elements and combustion. He also ex- perimented with electrical discharges, and com- pared various barometers. The daily life of Lavoisier
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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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some proper- ties of the principle of Earth, and can be transformed in a gaseous state, thus carries also some principles of Air (see e.g. Priesner 2011). Elementary property Cold Heat Dry Earth Fire Moist [...] century and were only omit- ted when the concept of energy became more and more established. 1 See also http://www.chemheritage.org/discover/online- resources/chemistry-in-history/themes/early-chemistry- [...] there were always three elements. Moreover, these elements did not just react similarly, but they had also some fundamental connections: Most notably, calci- um, strontium, and barium did not just show a similar
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he invented a device for measuring the power of gunpowder, which was used for over a century. He also performed experiments to determine the recoil of guns in different situations. The income of his position [...] conduct 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 [...] production did not drop or stop over time, Rumford argued that heat could not be a caloric fluid. Rumford also investigated whether or not heat had weight. For this experiment, he used three nearly iden- tical
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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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girl’s character, her world-view and love to science were shaped by her mother. The father, Pierre, had also the huge impact on Irene. Unfortunately, he died tragically on 19th April 1906 while he was trying [...] research in which she indicated the atomic mass of chlorine, gained from different materials. She was also interested in radioactivity. She worked out the equipment used to measure the radioactivity in the [...] field of chemistry. It gave the new direction for the actions not only in physics and chemistry, but also in biology, medicine and technology. From 1936 Irene and Frédéric worked separately, because Joliot
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wealthy middle-class family in Magdeburg. His family was the owner of many buildings in the city and also of manors nearby. At the age of 15, Otto enrolled the faculty of Art at the University of Leipzig [...] Emperor, Leopold I. since then he could use the nickname ‘von’. With the agreement of the emperor, he also changed the spelling of his surname to Guericke from Gericke, converging it to the French spelling [...] vessel by the sudden sucking the air out of it, and many more. Guericke’s stay in Regensburg resulted also in establishing the contact with the maths and physics professor in the Jesuit College in Würzburg
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him the cause of the complexes. What is more, Georg had an asthma, and later in his life he suffered also from heart insufficiency, states of anxiety, depression. Despite all above- mentioned and many other [...] Georg’s upbringing. His main occupations were in the area of poetry, music and architecture. He was also interested in sciencce subjects and he instilled this interest in his two youngest sons. Throughout [...] g teacher of young Georg was the physics and maths lecturer, Abraham Gotthelf Kästner, who worked also in the astronomical observatory in the university. The time of studies was not easy for Lichtenberg