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uni- verse. The theories of Nikolaus Kopernikus (1473- 1543) and Johannes Kepler (1571-1630) ques- tioned Aristotle’s Dogma about the celestial spheres in a similar manor, but many problems were still unsolved [...] sub- stance is in between them? Many preliminary explanations didn’t withstand a further examina- tion, e.g. Kepler’s approach to explain the move- ment of the planets by means of a force, which was similar [...] experi- ments are the genuine Masters, whom one have to follow in physics.“ (Attali 2007, 167) The ques- tion how knowledge was developed or how to conduct science in general got in this relation a new viewpoint
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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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heat. London, Printed for J. Mawman. Mouchot, Augustin (1869), La chaleur solaire et ses applica- tions industrielles. Paris. Olson RG (1970) Count Rumford, Sir John Leslie, and the Study of the Nature
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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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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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smiled: “This is it, and this also means that wa- ter is created by flammable air just in combina- tion with oxygen, so it should be represented in the name of the substance – for the publication, we will
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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 [...] claim- ing that he could not afford to have a wife. Dalton had a great interest in weather observa- tions and he began doing research on atmospheric composition. He collected air samples from differ- ent [...] 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