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celestial spheres in a similar manor, but many problems were still unsolved. The explanation of the move- ment of the planets without the spheres of Aristo- tle and a result a conclusion out of Kopernikus’ [...] 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 to the magnetic force. Guericke’s research [...] away and everything object on the Earth’s surface rotated with it. His approach to explain either the move- ment of the earth’s atmosphere or the movement of stars was based on analogies and a animist viewpoint

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• Guericke and vacuum

glass capillary, a drop of alcohol is placed. When the pressure in both arms is different, the drop moves towards the side of lower pressure. Consequently, the gas at lower pressure is compressed whilst the [...] to the absorption of radiant heat and the resulting different pressure, the alcohol drop starts to move. The experimenter increases the distance between the stronger heat source and the thermoscope until

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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

atomic fact, or whatever you wish to call it) that all things are made of atoms—little particles that move around in perpetual motion, attracting each other when they are little distance apart, but repelling [...] are distinguishable from each other by their shape and size. According to Democritus, these atoms move in empty space and collide with each other. By creating specific combinations of atoms, other sub- [...] Brown, who, in the early 19th century, noticed that small pollen and dust particles floating on water moved in an erratic manner. The remarkable detail about this motion of lifeless particles was that it appeared

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• Maria Skłodowska-Curie: discoverer of two radioactive elements
• Joliot-Curie and artificial radioactivity
• Rutherford’s Nuclear Atom
• Dalton and the atoms
• Lavoisier and the conservation of mass
• Democritus and the atoms

celestial spheres in a similar manor, but many problems were still unsolved. The explanation of the move- ment of the planets without the spheres of Aristo- tle and a result a conclusion out of Kopernikus’ [...] 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 to the magnetic force. Guericke’s research [...] away and everything object on the Earth’s surface rotated with it. His approach to explain either the move- ment of the earth’s atmosphere or the movement of stars was based on analogies and a animist viewpoint

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• Guericke and vacuum

an one even though the movement of the Earth was not noticeable and the also question of how the moving Earth could possibly pull the moon with her remained. Another remaining objection concerned the slowing [...] even harder, the men sweated while they pumped and then - nothing happened! The men were not able to move the lever any fur- ther. In the end one of the men said something that sounded like music to Otto:

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• Guericke and vacuum

(near Magdeburg). Soon Louis I, Prince of Anhalt-Köthen bought Guericke out for 300 thalers. Guericke moved then to Erfurt, where he became the fortifications engineer. In 1632, when Magdeburg was taken over [...] the mayor of Magdeburg. In January 1681 he left Magdeburg because of the fear of the pestilence. He moved to his son’s, Hans Otto’s, house in Hamburg, together with his wife. He died there on 11 May 1686

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• Guericke and vacuum

projects, but this was all put in one area. This could have been moved around a bit to allow communities to get their projects moving a bit quicker. Question 3: How many local jobs has the community [...] capital and protecting the environment. The government of Ireland is aware on how bioeconomy could move Ireland beyond simply a target compliance and carbon mitigation, in his case bioeconomy is focused

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• International Class
• ICEP Module
• ICEP Module

academic texts. Content: The course begins with a review of verb tense use in an academic context before moving on to more complex structures like showing logical links, expressing, shades of meaning, and using

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• Courses for exchange students - Spring Semester

movement into the metal tube. Please hold firmly with one hand the metal tube. With the other hand move the metal rod back and forth into the metal tube, for one minute. Repeat the same procedure for two

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• Rumford and calorics

small particles that are constantly moving». Suppose that you can see any particle regardless of its size, then draw and explain what these particles are and how they move. Activity 5 Based on a web research

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• Democritus and the atoms