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  • 51Marie-Anne Pierrette Paulze — Portrait of M. and Mme Lavoisier, by Jacques Louis David, 1788 (Metropolitan Museum) Marie Anne Pierette Paulze (20 January 1758 – 10 February 1836), was a French chemist. She was born in the town of Montbrison, Loire, in a small province in… …

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  • 52Scheele, Carl Wilhelm — ▪ Swedish chemist Introduction Carl also spelled  Karl  born Dec. 9, 1742, Stralsund, Pomerania [now in Ger.] died May 21, 1786, Köping, Swed.  German Swedish chemist who independently discovered oxygen, chlorine, and manganese. Life… …

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  • 53PHLOGISTIQUE — Cet adjectif grec (phlogiston ) signifiant «inflammable» est utilisé pour la première fois par Aristote pour désigner une combustion accompagnée de flamme; il fut ensuite repris par Becher (1635 1682) et surtout par Stahl (1660 1734) dans les… …

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  • 54Meteorology — For other uses of the root word meteor , see Meteor (disambiguation). For the work by Aristotle, see Meteorology (Aristotle). Not to be confused with Metrology. Part of the Nature series on Weather   …

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  • 55Timeline of thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and random processes — A timeline of events related to thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and random processes. Ancient times *c. 3000 BC The ancients viewed heat as that related to fire. The ancient Egyptians viewed heat as related to origin mythologies. One… …

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  • 56Caloric theory — The caloric theory is an obsolete scientific theory that heat consists of a fluid called caloric that flows from hotter to colder bodies. Caloric was also thought of as a weightless gas that could pass in and out of pores in solids and liquids.… …

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  • 57Timeline of meteorology — The timeline of meteorology contains events of scientific and technological advancements in the area of atmospheric sciences. The most notable advancements in observational meteorology, weather forecasting, climatology, atmospheric chemistry, and …

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  • 58Superseded scientific theories — A superseded, or obsolete, scientific theory is a scientific theory that was once commonly accepted but that is no longer considered the most complete description of reality by a mainstream scientific consensus, or a theory which has been shown… …

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  • 60Sir Julius Vogel Award — For the Australian award also known as the Vogel Award, see Australian/Vogel Literary Award. Contents 1 Name 2 History 3 New …

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