Famous Experiments Flashcards
1
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First measured circumfrence of earth by calculating distance between two cities and multiplying that number by 50 to find the earth’s circumfrence
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Eratosthenes
2
Q
Found out the real secret to blood circulation by cutting open live animals in the street to prove it. He punlisjed a book in 1628 titled the motion of the heart
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William harvey
3
Q
rules of gene inheritance 1855-1863
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Gregor Mendle
4
Q
Nature of color and light and how we percieve it with our eyes 1665-1666
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Issac Newton
5
Q
The way that light travels 1887
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Michelson and Morley Whiff
6
Q
Definying radioactivity 1898
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Marie Curie
7
Q
Conditioned relfexs by studying saliva in dogs 1890-1900
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Ivan Pavolv
8
Q
Precise value of an electron 1909
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Robert Milikan
9
Q
Wavelike nature of light and electorns 1927
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Davisson and Germer
