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observed the weather, studied the phenomenon of aurora Polaris and explained what causes the trade winds. John Dalton was born on September 6, 1766 in Eaglesfield, Cumberland, England. He was born to an

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• Lavoisier and the conservation of mass

Joule needed a room with a huge heat capacity – other- wise the heat produced by the human body in winding up the weights would affect the room temperature and thus the experimental result sig- nificantly [...] production of reli- able data. On the other hand, Joule could use a brewing mate to do the work of winding up the weights. This required certain skills as the weight is heavy, and one has to be fast and [...] the weights went down very slowly, actu- ally they were slower than a piece of paper was falling. Winding them up again however was hard work, way too tough for James who had a weak health since his childhood

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• The hard work of experimenting James Prescott Joule, William Thomson, and the mechanical equivalent of heat.

Joule needed a room with a huge heat capacity – other- wise the heat produced by the human body in winding up the weights would affect the room temperature and thus the experimental result sig- nificantly [...] production of reli- able data. On the other hand, Joule could use a brewing mate to do the work of winding up the weights. This required certain skills as the weight is heavy, and one has to be fast and

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• The hard work of experimenting James Prescott Joule, William Thomson, and the mechanical equivalent of heat.
• Mouchot and the solar cooker
• Rumford and calorics

observed the weather, studied the phenomenon of aurora Polaris and explained what causes the trade winds. John Dalton was born on September 6, 1766 in Eaglesfield, Cumberland, England. He was born to an

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• Dalton and the atoms

Joule needed a room with a huge heat capacity – other- wise the heat produced by the human body in winding up the weights would affect the room temperature and thus the experimental result sig- nificantly [...] production of reli- able data. On the other hand, Joule could use a brewing mate to do the work of winding up the weights. This required certain skills as the weight is heavy, and one has to be fast and [...] waited some time, then read the instruments, removed them and, with a nod of his head, made the workman wind up the weights, let them go down again whilst the water in the vessel was stirred through their mechanical

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• Scientific Partnership; James Prescott Joule, William Thomson, and the mechanical equivalent of heat.

Biography_Liebig_ENG.pdf Biography: Justus von Liebig 1 Storytelling Teaching Model: wiki.science-stories.org © 2012, S@TM Research Group Biography: Justus von Liebig Justus von Liebig (1803 – 1873) w

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• Liebig and nutrition

Joule needed a room with a huge heat capacity – other- wise the heat produced by the human body in winding up the weights would affect the room temperature and thus the experimental result sig- nificantly [...] production of reli- able data. On the other hand, Joule could use a brewing mate to do the work of winding up the weights. This required certain skills as the weight is heavy, and one has to be fast and

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• Mouchot and the solar cooker

Dear James! - Captain stood up and surrounded him with his arm – We will finish patrol and if the wind is favorable we will reach Portsmouth in a few days. The sailors will rest a few days, we will repair

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• Lind and scurvy

Biography_Merian_ENG.pdf Biography: Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717) Maria Sibylla Merian was a prominent German naturalist, an excellent artist - a painter, engraver and publisher. She is considered

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• Sybilla Merian and Cocoons

Joule needed a room with a huge heat capacity – other- wise the heat produced by the human body in winding up the weights would affect the room temperature and thus the experimental result sig- nificantly [...] production of reli- able data. On the other hand, Joule could use a brewing mate to do the work of winding up the weights. This required certain skills as the weight is heavy, and one has to be fast and

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• Rumford and calorics