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the guidance of Karl Wilhelm Gottlob Kastner, who was his father’s business partner. When Kastner moved to the University of Erlangen, Liebig followed him and later wrote his PhD there. However, he did

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diseases were beriberi (a word derived from the language of Polynesian natives meaning “I can’t move, I can’t move”) and scurvy, an illness well known to seamen. It took researchers until 1912 to uncover the [...] the guidance of Karl Wilhelm Gottlob Kastner, who was his father’s business partner. When Kastner moved to the University of Erlangen, Liebig followed him and later wrote his PhD there. However, he did [...] that the white rice contained the germ that caused beriberi and that the red coating, which was re- moved by polishing the rice, provided an antitoxin. This point is crucial to understanding why successful

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diseases were beriberi (a word derived from the language of Polynesian natives meaning “I can’t move, I can’t move”) and scurvy, an illness well known to seamen. It took researchers until 1912 to uncover the [...] that the white rice contained the germ that caused beriberi and that the red coating, which was re- moved by polishing the rice, provided an antitoxin. This point is crucial to understanding why successful

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• Lind and scurvy

each – divided in five minor gridlines of 10 centimeters each – which ranges from 0 to 3 meters. Moving from the lid to the rest of the cover, the inside of the case is covered with a soft pink tissue [...] single hand; in particular, the device is intended for right-handed observers, and the lever could be moved with the left hand. If the lever is turned towards the observer, the eyepiece extends; if the lever [...] civil states 1892) was an important maker of scientific instruments. He was born in Germany and later moved to Paris, where he devoted himself to the creation of optical instruments: initially, from 1855 to

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• Material Culture

when Dmitri was 15, and the glass factory was destroyed by fire. Consequently, Maria and her son moved to Moscow, where she hoped her son would attend university. Unfortunately, their plan failed and Dmitri [...] and was awarded the medal of excel- lence for being first in his class. Due to his poor health, he moved to Simfero- pol (in southern Russia) and became a teacher in the local gymnasium. Unluckily, his career [...] by the Crimean War, and the gymna- sium where he worked was converted into a hospi- tal. Mendeleev moved back to Saint Petersburg, where he became employed as an assistant in the General Chemistry Cathedral

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• Mendeleev and the Periodic System

when Dmitri was 15, and the glass factory was destroyed by fire. Consequently, Maria and her son moved to Moscow, where she hoped her son would attend university. Unfortunately, their plan failed and Dmitri [...] and was awarded the medal of excel- lence for being first in his class. Due to his poor health, he moved to Simfero- pol (in southern Russia) and became a teacher in the local gymnasium. Unluckily, his career [...] by the Crimean War, and the gymna- sium where he worked was converted into a hospi- tal. Mendeleev moved back to Saint Petersburg, where he became employed as an assistant in the General Chemistry Cathedral

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222011k Personal Development & Impact Programm Wahl / Elective / Economics Leienbach 2 3 the course was moved to the autumn semester *) am 07. 06. fallen die Kurse: ‘History and Socio-Economic Development: The

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Frankfurt, where in 1668, Maria gave birth to their first daughter, Johanna Helena. Soon after, they moved to Nuremberg, the hometown of Graff. There, Maria Sibylla continued the study the life cycle of b [...] Chistopher named her work as "a magnificent" … In 1681, her stepfather Marrel died, and Maria Sybilla moved from Nuremberg to Frankfurt to help her mother. Marriage of Graffs returned to that city to engage [...] same year (1685), Maria Sibylla broke up with her husband, and with her mother and two daughters moved to the property Wieuwerd in the Netherlands, hoping for admission to the Community of Labadysts (radical

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• Sybilla Merian and Cocoons

silkworm breed?” Sibylla shook her head and said: “No, I would only like to draw the silkworms. They move so slowly and look so pretty, I would love to try it.” The old man first chuckled and then coughed: [...] often went to the attic in the coming weeks in order to observe and draw her silk- worms. The animals moved a little in their box and ate the leaves, and now and then, their skin broke and a new caterpillar [...] she tried to draw a real- ly good picture of a silkworm, which wasn’t exactly easy even though they moved very slowly. Sometimes she would start to draw the strange leaves on the branches that the silk- worms

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• Sybilla Merian and Cocoons

Frankfurt, where in 1668, Maria gave birth to their first daughter, Johanna Helena. Soon after, they moved to Nuremberg, the hometown of Graff. There, Maria Sibylla continued the study the life cycle of b [...] Chistopher named her work as "a magnificent" … In 1681, her stepfather Marrel died, and Maria Sybilla moved from Nuremberg to Frankfurt to help her mother. Marriage of Graffs returned to that city to engage [...] same year (1685), Maria Sibylla broke up with her husband, and with her mother and two daughters moved to the property Wieuwerd in the Netherlands, hoping for admission to the Community of Labadysts (radical

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