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difference between the experimental gas and fresh air, isolating the element involved in the calcifica- tion process and called it oxygen, referring to the Greek words for “making something sharp” (freely i [...] convenient if one looked upon nourishment as a fuel that had to be converted into work, as the transforma- tion process was now nothing more than the energy gain of a chemical reaction, independent of the nour- [...] successfully linked chemistry, physiology, and medicine. His important contribution to the world of nutri- tion, Liebig’s meat extract, was a byproduct of his at- tempt to help a friend overcome a serious illness
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attend the Military Medical School at the University of Amsterdam. The government paid for his educa- tion on account of his signing up to be an army phy- sician upon graduation. In 1883, Christiaan gradu- [...] Glenview: Harper Collins, pp. 116–127. Carpenter, K. J., & Sutherland, B. (1995). Eijkman’s contribu- tion to the discovery of vitamins. The Journal of Nutrition, 125(2), 155-163. Complete Dictionary of Scientific
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ab- sorber? That way I could make the device smaller.” Soon, Augustin had completed the construc- tion of his first solar water heater, which was ca- pable of holding three litres of water. Lucky for him [...] to the well-being and progress of the entire nation. Harnessing the sun’s energy became a fascina- tion and all-consuming preoccupation for Au- gustin. “We need to heat so many things in every- day life—water [...] the public domain. Political support would be ad- vantageous at this strategic moment. His connec- tion with Jean-Baptiste Verchère de Reffye, Ord- nance Officer of the Imperial Workshop at Meu- don, who
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sunbeams! It struck observers as 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 [...] cop- ies per hour of his newspaper “Soleil-Journal”. However, The political and economical situa- tions in France have changed. The economy in France was improving. The Cobden-Chevalier Treaty** between [...] portant as before. He hasn’t got more financial support. His activity concerned with the investiga- tions and implementations of solar energy in prac- tice stopped. Mouchot went back to the teaching profession
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ments on heat radiation. This was combined with a hollow mirror that was used to focus solar radia- tion on the cylinder. Already in 1861, Mouchot was able to produce steam with his device. In the following
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est intensity beyond the red part of the spectrum. 1 These ‘new rays’ became an issue of investiga- tion for several researchers, most namely John Leslie who published in 1804 a monograph deal- ing with [...] a work Rumford was through his own work in the field of photometry familiar with. Lambert’s rela- tion s appeared to be plausible for radiant heat as well – on the one hand due to its similarity with light [...] created. He had embodied the idea of conservation in a way that made it impossible to accept any excep- tions of this principle. But there seemed to be several exceptions as, for example, the generation of heat
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he might benefit from Plato’s wisdom. And Plato, feeling a bit flattered by the old man’s admira- tion, had agreed. Oh, what a fool he was! Things had developed a bit unusual, as he started to discourse [...] again with his “Hahaha”, and then Plato went on:” So you want us to believe absurdities such as mo- tion that takes not place according to laws, and as space that is completely empty, and you have not even
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Joliot-Curies kept their interpreta- tion of the result of their experiments being γ- radiation, James Chadwick, who was working with Rutherford, choose a different interpreta- tion. According to Chadwick this [...] g.eu distinct to the previous understanding. A key element in his chemistry was the different no- tion of chemical reactions that helped him to use the quantitative description, and the un- derstanding [...] of the ele- ments that form this compound. This rule be- came known as the law of constant composi- tion. Even though this law appeared to be valid for the chemical reactions that had been ana- lyzed qu
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całe wieki dał początek różnym ciekawym urządze- niom.” -Augustyn Bernard Mouchot, podczas Exhibi- tion Universelle (Wystawa Uniwersalna) w Pary- żu, we Francji (1878 rok). Augustyn Mouchot przewidział
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