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(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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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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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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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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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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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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The MacKenzie family, owners of Applecross at that moment, forced the inhabitants of the valley to move in order to maximize the land available for their economic activities. The people established themselves [...] Old Applecross 2014). With the increase in the prices of electricity, the population of Applecross moved to oil-fired heating systems looking to save money (Cameron, Fuel sources in Old Applecross 2014)
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West Harris Trust (WHT). WHT intends to convert the building into a business hub, once they have moved to the Horgabost centre. Figure 10.1.1 Seilebost Source: Own elaboration using Google Maps Moreover
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remaining businesses use kerosene while other businesses have no heating at all. Moving to lower emission heating fuels will mean moving to electricity, or wood which fortunately is available on the island, and [...] • The interviewees must be a mix of people who were born and raised on the island and those who moved to the island at a certain point. Table 2-1: Interviewee categories Type of Interviewee No. of in [...] are easily travelled by foot or car. Most (if not all) of the residents possess at least one car to move around the island, to go shopping when the ferry arrives, or to go to the pier to pick up packages