prt 2 Flashcards
was able to produced an
amazing doctoral thesis about calcium carbonate degeneration and the extraction
of carbon.
Joseph Black
made an important contribution to the field
by illustrating that water was made of two parts of hydrogen to one of oxygen.
Henry Cavendish
was able to show how big-scale
ocean currents flowed at the bottom of the sea with his inquiries of the gulf
stream
Benjamin Franklin
was one of those who
pioneered the creation of theory of evolution.
Georges-Loius Leclerc
spent most of his time delving into the complex
relationship between plants and insects.
Christian Sprenge
focused on specific about demography and
predicted the end of the world a population growth was left unchecked.
Thomas Malthus
made bigs strides with iconic
invention of the electric battery.
Alessandro volta
introduced the creation of a new profession
separate from that of philosophy.
William Whewell
who established a connection between
electricity and magnetism.
Danish Hans Christian Orsted
first electronic motor
Michael Faraday and Scottish james
who made the calculation in the process, solved the
complex mathematics of electromagnetism.
Clerk maxwell
a astronomer, realized that his thermometer
showed a higher temperature over the red end of the visible
spectrum.
William Herschel
also discovered the soon-to-be famous X-rays
in his experiment in Germany.
Wilhelm Rontgen
put to rest the argument of whether light was a
wave or a particle discovering wavelike interference.
thomas young
made the famous the “Doppler effect” by
expounding on the color of binary stars.
Christian Doppler