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- hill, Pendlebury, by tutors till he was about fifteen years of age. At fifteen he commenced working in the brewery, which, as his father's health declined, fell entirely into the hands of his brother Benjamin and himself. At the age of 16 Joule was sent to the Manchester Literary and Philosophy Society (Lit & Phil) to be taught chemistry, physics, mathemat- ics. [...] the relationships between electricity and work. In 1840, at the age of 22, he established that a conductor carrying an elec- tric current became hot, and that the rate of heating for a current I flowing

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

crudeness of the rails, although they do still match the over-all aged appearance, and by the eclectic assortment of screws and bolts at the upper mechanical structure, which are difficult to date. All

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• Material Culture

A comparison of these situations shows how language can be man- aged from above, by official language policies, but also influenced from below, by the language use of the speakers. Today, the Faroes [...] on affiliations with Faroese groups and subgroups (grouped by e.g. age, gender, ethnicity, area, social stratum etc.), and these affiliations do not relate to the ‘colonial’ power. This self-related [...] 2012: 205–207). Mitchinson (2012) shows that Faroese people of all ages in general consider themselves to be flu- ent in Danish, also in writing and reading, although their main language is Faroese. The

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• Prof. Dr. Karoline Kühl

26, 1743. He was born to an affluent bank-clerk family. At the age of five, he inherited possessions left to him after his mother’s death. From a young age, he was interested in nature and he often [...] as a geolo- gist in the Alsace-Lorraine. On May 18, 1768, at the age of twenty-four, he was chosen to become a member of French Academy of Science. In the following year, he worked on the first geological [...] legal studies led him to take an interested in politics. At the age of 26, he became a tax collector employed by a pri- vate company. While working for the government, he developed a new system of

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• Antoine Laurent de Lavoisier and respiration

26, 1743. He was born to an affluent bank-clerk family. At the age of five, he inherited possessions left to him after his mother’s death. From a young age, he was interested in nature and he often [...] as a geolo- gist in the Alsace-Lorraine. On May 18, 1768, at the age of twenty-four, he was chosen to become a member of French Academy of Science. In the following year, he worked on the first geological [...] legal studies led him to take an interested in politics. At the age of 26, he became a tax collector employed by a pri- vate company. While working for the government, he developed a new system of

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• Antoine Laurent de Lavoisier and respiration

birth. Since childhood, Lichtenberg was a very ill man. Around the age of eight, it turned out that he had kyphoscoliosis, which is a serious spinal deformity, rather inborn than acquired in this case. [...] theory. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg died on 24th February 1799, aged 57. His grave is in the St. Bartholomew in Göttingen. As physician famous during his life, he was almost completely forgotten after

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• Lichtenberg and the electrophorus

Sciences and Literature), he wrote about the achievements of the age he lived in: ‘Our 18th century has nothing to be ashamed of when it will pass its inventory of the acquired knowledge and designed

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• Lichtenberg and the electrophorus

birth. Since childhood, Lichtenberg was a very ill man. Around the age of eight, it turned out that he had kyphoscoliosis, which is a serious spinal deformity, rather inborn than acquired in this case. [...] theory. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg died on 24th February 1799, aged 57. His grave is in the St. Bartholomew in Göttingen. As physician famous during his life, he was almost completely forgotten after [...] Sciences and Literature), he wrote about the achievements of the age he lived in: ‘Our 18th century has nothing to be ashamed of when it will pass its inventory of the acquired knowledge and designed

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Moldenhauer, the daughter of a civil servant. In 1824, at the age of 21, Liebig became a professor at the University of Giessen. While in Germany, he founded and edited the magazine Annalen der Chemie

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• Liebig and nutrition

Moldenhauer, the daughter of a civil servant. In 1824, at the age of 21, Liebig became a professor at the University of Giessen. While in Germany, he founded and edited the magazine Annalen der Chemie [...] food. If one was a follower of the general ideas of the industrial age where the human body was placed into the intersection between energy, cost and workload, this was very convenient. The major source [...] . Santorio accounted for a number of factors such as illness, age, physical activity, nourishment, and sleep, which could increase or decrease the insensible perspiration. Additionally, he invented

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