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Astronomical Apparatus Listen Sextant Galileo telescope Cross Staff Plane Astrolabe
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Publications Listen Monographs Der Mythos des Singulären – Eine Untersuchung der Struktur kollektiven Handelns , Paderborn: mentis 2011. [The Myth of the Singular – A Study of the Structure of Collect
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Forschung Listen Forschungsschwerpunkte Praktische Philosophie, Sozialphilosophie Oxford-Philosophy (insbes. Peter Strawson) Moralische, soziale und politische Dimensionen reaktiver Haltungen (insbes.
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Hydrostatic Balance on the model of 's Gravesande Listen This device is used to determine the density of liquids. To do so the two cups below the scale pans are filled with different liquids. Attached
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Electrostatic Generator Listen The electrostatic generator is one of many variants of a frictional electrical machine used in the second half of the 18 th century. It became standard equipment for the
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Electrophorus Listen The Electrophorus is an electrostatic generator, developed by Wilcke around 1761 and popularised by Volta towards the end of the 18 th century. The electrophorus consists of a res
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Sikes's Hydrometer Listen The hydrometer is a measurement device to determine the mass density of liquids. It was developed in the early 19th century and put to use by the British Customs Services to
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Millikan's apparatus for the determination of the elementary charge Listen From 1909 until 1911 Robert A. Millikan together with his assistant Harvey Fletcher conducted experiments to determine the el
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Sextant Listen The sextant was and still is a navigational instrument. It evolved from the ancient octant (eigth part of the circumference of a circle) and is used to measure the angular difference be
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Newtonian Prisms Listen In 1672, Isaac Newton published an article on the composition of the sun's light. He put forward the opinion, that the spectral colours were inherent properties of the white li