| Description |
xlviii, 317 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Groundbreaking scientific experiments, inventions, and discoveries through the ages |
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Groundbreaking scientific experiments, inventions, and discoveries through the ages.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [303]-309) and index. |
| Contents |
Animal physiology and experimental pathology -- Animal respiration obtains oxygen and eliminates carbon dioxide -- Atmospheric composition is constant -- Ballistic pendulum and physics of spinning projectiles -- Balloon flight -- Binary system -- Calculus of finite differences and differential equations -- Carbon dioxide is a distinct gas -- Charles's law of gases -- Chemical cells can store usable electricity -- Chlorine is a distinct gas that can be easily produced in a laboratory -- Citrus prevents scurvy -- Comets follow predictable orbits, cycles, and returns -- Corpuscular model of light and color -- Cotton gin -- Coulomb's law -- Digestion is primarily a chemical process -- Discovery of hydrogen -- Electrical conductors and insulators -- Electricity can produce light -- Electricity is of two types: positive and negative -- Farmer's Almanac -- Franklin's electrical researches, discoveries and inventions -- Franklin's practical household inventions -- Heat is a form of energy, not the element caloric -- Hydrodynamics -- Hydrogen is an element -- Immunization prevents smallpox -- Latent and specific heat -- Law of conservation of mass -- Metric system of measurement -- Microscopic organisms reproduce, rather than spontaneously generate -- Milky Way is a lens-shaped distribution of stars -- Modern dentistry -- Modern encyclopedia -- Modern entomology and the "history" of insects -- Navigational quadrant (octant and sextant) -- Newtonian black holes or "dark stars" are devoid of light -- Optical and mechanical telegraphs -- Oxygen is an element that supports combustion -- Phlogiston (or the first reasonable, rational theory of chemistry) -- Plant physiology is independent of animal physiology -- Plants use sunlight to absorb gas, and they reproduce through insect pollination -- Priestly's chemical experiments, discoveries, and inventions -- Principle of least action -- Proper motion of the stars and sun through space -- Proust's law of constant proportions -- Rational system of chemical nomenclature -- Scientific morphology and taxonomy of animals and plants -- Spinning machines -- Steamboat -- Steam engine -- Stellar aberration and speed of light -- Substances fall into one of two distinct chemical categories: elements or compounds -- Thermometry instruments and scales -- Three "primary" colors are sufficient to produce all others -- Uranus is a planet -- Venus has an atmosphere -- Water is a compound of hydrogen and oxygen -- Weaving machines -- "Weighing" the world by measuring gravitational constant wet transfer copying process (a.k.a. copying press). |
| Subject |
Science -- History -- 18th century.
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Technology -- History -- 18th century.
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| Chronological Term |
Geschichte 1700-1800
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| Cover Title |
Groundbreaking scientific experiments, inventions & discoveries of the 18th century |
| ISBN |
0313320152 alkaline paper |
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9780313320156 alkaline paper |
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