A Brief History of Science: As Seen Through the Development of Scientific InstrumentsConstable, 2001 - 425 من الصفحات From the beginnings of history, with gnomons and sundials, through to the twenty-first century and the 26-kilometre underground particle accelerator, the author describes the way that the design and production of scientific instruments has extended the frontiers of science. Man's desire to understand the universe has led to the making of more and more sophisticated instruments - first to record and measure (Arab numerals, standardised measures), to examine ever more minutely (the microscope, the lens, the prism), on through electromagnets, cathode tubes, thermometers, vacuum pumps, X-rays, counters and accelerators, semi-conductors and microprocessors, down to new instruments now being designed to observe matter at zero temperatures - presenting immense technological problems in the requirement for instruments that can operate in conditions where normal properties no longer hold. Accessible popular science |
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... oxygen . Oxygen was first discovered by Joseph Priestley ( 1733-1804 ) , as Lavoisier acknowledged , but this was just another case of British discovery and French explanation . Lavoisier was then able to summarise his results in ...
... oxygen , having consumed the entire quantity contained in the glass , can no longer continue : so long as it lasted , carbon dioxide , a product of the reaction , replaced the oxygen to mix with whatever other gases were present in the ...
... oxygen , its temperature - conforming to the equation of state - dropped to -200 ° C . The result was an oxygen mist that condensed in droplets running down the walls of the container . Although this was no more than a momentary result , ...
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From the mastery of fire to science in antiquity | 1 |
Copernicus to Newton | 35 |
Science technology and communication | 77 |
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