Philosophy
Richard Kirwan
August 1st, 1733 to June 1st, 1812
Richard Kirwan was an "Irish chemist whose Elements of Mineralogy (1784), was the first English systematic treatment of the subject. He did valuable work on chemical affinity and the combining proportions of acids and bases forming salts. Previously a staunch defenderof phlogiston theory, in 1791, Kirwan conceded that the experimental evidence was to the contrary. He was president of the Royal Irish Academy and the Royal Dublin Society. He challenged Antoine Lavoisier's discoveries and the revolutionary views of the Scottish geologist James Hutton. He was also a great eccentric; one of his pet hates was flies. He always dined alone, because of dysphagia; he was unable to swallow food without convulsive movements, distressing for others to view."
Richard Kirwan
Richard Kirwan [Wikipedia]
- Thoughts About Time
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- Chemistry Historiography...the Not So Swift Transition, As Believed, From The Phlogiston Theory To Lavoisier’s Theory
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- William Rowan Hamilton's "theory Of Systems Of Rays"
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- "little Things That Jiggle: Richard Feynman And Atomic Physics"
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- Phlogiston
In 1777, Lavoisier conducted an experiment that established a fatal shortcoming of the phlogiston theory. He heated mercury and air using a bell-jar for 12 days. Red mercury calx (now HgO) formed and the volume of air decreased from 50 to 42 in3. The...
Philosophy
Richard Kirwan...last English defender of the "phlogiston theory"
Richard KirwanAugust 1st, 1733 to June 1st, 1812
Richard Kirwan was an "Irish chemist whose Elements of Mineralogy (1784), was the first English systematic treatment of the subject. He did valuable work on chemical affinity and the combining proportions of acids and bases forming salts. Previously a staunch defenderof phlogiston theory, in 1791, Kirwan conceded that the experimental evidence was to the contrary. He was president of the Royal Irish Academy and the Royal Dublin Society. He challenged Antoine Lavoisier's discoveries and the revolutionary views of the Scottish geologist James Hutton. He was also a great eccentric; one of his pet hates was flies. He always dined alone, because of dysphagia; he was unable to swallow food without convulsive movements, distressing for others to view."
Richard Kirwan
Richard Kirwan [Wikipedia]
- Thoughts About Time
Two astrophysicists at Johns Hopkins, Richard Conn Henry (not to be confused with the other astrophysicist named Richard Henry at University of Oklahoma) and Steve Henke, designed a new calendar. With this calendar, June, March, September, and December...
- Chemistry Historiography...the Not So Swift Transition, As Believed, From The Phlogiston Theory To Lavoisier’s Theory
The discovery of oxygen. Abstract: Historians often feel that standard philosophical doctrines about the nature and development of science are not adequate for representing the real history of science. However, when philosophers of science fail to make...
- William Rowan Hamilton's "theory Of Systems Of Rays"
William Rowan Hamilton August 4th, 1805 to September 2nd, 1865 In 1827, William Rowan Hamilton presented his Theory of Systems of Rays at the Royal Irish Academy in Dublin. Although he was still an undergraduate, only 21 years old, his work is one of...
- "little Things That Jiggle: Richard Feynman And Atomic Physics"
Little Things That Jiggle: Richard Feynman and Atomic Physics is an interesting six minute or so film of a compilation of bits and pieces of public domain film whose central theme revolves around Richard Feynman' physics. It has been posted at various...
- Phlogiston
In 1777, Lavoisier conducted an experiment that established a fatal shortcoming of the phlogiston theory. He heated mercury and air using a bell-jar for 12 days. Red mercury calx (now HgO) formed and the volume of air decreased from 50 to 42 in3. The...