Benjamin Banneker was an important mathematician who was also African American. Banneker was born on November 9, 1731 in Ellicott’s Mills, Maryland. He always had an interest in mathematics while his grandmother, a freed slave, taught him. His grandmother was not his only source of learning, though, for he also attended a Quaker school until the 8th grade (Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806), n.d., p. xx). He did not finish his entire education because later on because he was forced to work ("Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806)," n.d.).
John D. Rockefeller was a very important man who helped build our country. He contributed to making the world as it is today. John D. Rockefeller was a very determined businessman, who got what he wanted most of the time. Even if he was harsh, he transformed the world into a better place, with lots more of technology. From all this hard work, he was among the richest men to ever live.
Chemistry has a very strong and old foundation, but it continues to grow and expand. New elements continue to be added to the periodic table as science knowledge increases. In January of 2016, a news article reported elements with atomic numbers 113, 115, 117 and 118 as approved by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry. These elements completed the seventh row of the periodic table. Isdell shows the concept that chemistry continues to expand when Julie names an element in the Land of Science that did not previously exist, Wendelium with the atomic symbol Wd (Isdell, 442).
What are atoms? Well, atoms are the base of any chemical element. Atoms consist of in multiple things, in which these things scientists of the past have discovered, and they are so well known, poems and stories are made about them. In fact, the Periodic Table of Elements is made up of atoms. Atoms are the smallest bit of matter. They are matter and matter is them.
Electrons are the negatively charged subatomic particles that revolve the center, nucleus, of an atom. They are arranged in different energy levels and they orbit around the nucleus like the Earth revolves around the Sun. Electrons are important in atoms, compounds, and chemical bonds involved in chemical reactions. These subatomic particles have importanance to the organization of elements into periods & groups, characteristics of elements in the same periods & groups, and the formation of compounds based on periodic table placement.
Franklin discovered that an excess of electrical fluid was a positive charge, and a shortage of electrical fluid led to a negative charge. He was also the first to say an electrical charge cannot be created, it can only be collected. In 1751 Franklin published a book called Experiments and Observations on Electricity. This book was widely read in Britain and Europe. ( Benjamin Franklin Bio)
The periodic table that we know and use today is not the same periodic table we have always used. When the first periodic table was created in 1869, Russian chemist Dimitri Mendeleev had limited known elements making the table significantly different from the one we use today. Although both the Mendeleev periodic table and the modern periodic table look similar in shape, the organizational difference is what makes them unique.
Albert Abraham Michelson was awarded many prestigious awards during his lifetime and after his death. He was the President of the American Physical Society from 1923 to 1927 making renowned changes while president. Some of the many awards he received are the Matteucci Medal, 1904; Copley Medal, 1907; Elliot Cresson Medal, 1912; Draper Medal, 1916; the Nobel Prize, 1907. Some of his accomplishments include determining that the speed of light was a constant in all situations, and finding the diameter of Beetlejuice (Albert A. Michelson - Biographical).
Chlorine combines with almost every single element, so it cannot be found in nature alone. It was first made by a Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele in 1774. This happened when Scheele treated muriatic acid, or hydrochloric acid, with manganese dioxide. (Stwertka 69-70) Scheele mistakenly thought that it contained oxygen. The discovery was made in Uppsala, Sweden. Later in 1810, Sir Humphry Davy made the decision that Chlorine was in fact a chemical element. He gave it the name “Chlorine” from the Greek word “chloro” meaning greenish-yellow. (Appelman 516)
I chose to write about Josiah Wedgewood, he is a famous potter from 1770 England. He is well known for creating several different types of clay, and the Pyrometer. Growing up, Josiah was trained by a master potter, however in his early years he was injured and he couldn’t use the kick wheel so he devoted himself to the scientific side of pottery making. He was an early chemist and he created several high-end high fire clays, such as Queensware, and Jasperware. He also invented the Pyrometer, which is a type of thermometer that can measure how hot high fire kilns are on the inside, without opening the kiln door and cracking the pottery inside. He was one of the very first people working on things like this so there was very
The motivations that led to the discovery of DNA were from a medical student named Friedrich Miescher in Germany 1869. Instead of becoming a physician, he studied the cell chemistry of the human body. He had a particular involvement. He collected oozing stuff that came from wounds. He thought it might be helpful in understanding proteins. Antiseptics did not exist at that point. Therefore, wounds had plenty of the whitish-yellow stuff coming from the wound. Miescher thought that the pus cell nuclei would have certain kinds of proteins. After investigating, he realized that there was a different substance in the nucleus. He found out that it was in cells throughout the body. Since it came from nuclei in cells, he called it nuclein. He thought
Louis Pasteur didn’t set out to create vaccinations. He didn’t even set out to be a scientist. His aim was to be a school teacher after having served in the army. During his schooling he became interested in science and the origins of life, focusing on crystals while working on his doctorate. Closely studying crystals of tartaric acid, he didn’t accept the common theory behind these crystals and set out to answer his own questions. One thing lead to another and he began studying the details of fermentation. He based a lot of his studies not necessarily on the works of others, but in spite of the works of others. Many of his groundbreaking discoveries were contrary to popular science at the time.
The atomic theory has came a long way since its first development. Having several scientist contribute to the theory creating the atomic theory that we know today. Since its creation by Democritus scientist have contributed to the learning of atoms to develop the atomic theory allowing us to know all
It is wise to start with Roman law. Roman law is the legal system of ancient Rome, and the legal developments which occurred before the 7th century AD - when the Roman and Byzantine state adopted Greek as the language of the Empire. Laws before the Roman Empire were primarily based on centuries of customs which means that laws were not written. Roman law through its development carries more than a thousand years of jurisprudence. Roman legal history is framed by two codifications, the Twelve Tables and the Corpus Juris Civilis. Roman law, was effective in the Eastern Roman Empire (331-1453), and is also the basis of our legal system, civil system which most countries apply, from Europe to Latin America. Even English and North American Common law also were influenced by Roman law, particularly in the legal glossary - stare decisis, culpa in contrahendo, pacta sunt servanda.
The periodic table is a much more interesting concept than people give it credit for. Periodic means the repeating according to some pattern. The first periodic table is very different from the modern one. They are both very interestingly organized. The periodic table has the elements on them.