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1Spallanzani, Lazzaro — ▪ Italian physiologist born Jan. 12, 1729, Modena, Duchy of Modena died 1799, Pavia, Cisalpine Republic Italian physiologist who made important contributions to the experimental study of bodily functions and animal reproduction. His… …
2Experimenter's regress — In science, experimenter s regress refers to a loop of dependence between theory and evidence. In order to judge whether evidence is erroneous we must rely on theory based expectations, and to judge the value of competing theories we rely on… …
3Faraday , Michael — (1791–1867) British physicist and chemist Faraday s father was a blacksmith who suffered from poor health and could only work irregularly. Faraday, who was born in Newington, knew real poverty as a child and his education was limited for he left… …
4Thomas Ralph Merton — Sir Thomas Ralph Merton KBE, DSc, FRS (1888 ndash;1969) was an English physicist, inventor and art collector. He is particularly noted for his work on spectroscopy and diffraction gratings.Early life and educationBorn in Wimbledon, Surrey, Thomas …
5Paul-Quentin Desains — Paul Quentin Desains † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Paul Quentin Desains Physicist, b. at St Quentin, France, 12 July, 1817; d. at Paris, 3 May, 1885. He made his literary studies at the Collège des Bons Enfants in his native town and then …
6George Gabriel Stokes — Infobox Scientist box width = 300px name = George Stokes image size = 220px caption = Sir George Gabriel Stokes, 1st Baronet (1819–1903) birth date = birth date|1819|8|13|df=y birth place = Skreen, County Sligo, Ireland death date = death date… …
7Thomas Andrews (scientist) — Infobox Person name = Thomas Andrews birth date = birth date|1813|12|19|mf=y birth place = Belfast, Ireland death date = death date and age|1885|11|26|1813|12|19|mf=y death place = Belfast, Ireland occupation = chemist and physicistThomas Andrews …
8Giovanni Battista Guglielmini — (b. at Bologna, 16 August1763; d. in the same city, 15 December1817) was an Italian physicist. He is known as the first scientific experimenter on the mechanical demonstration of the rotation of the earth. LifeHe received the tonsure in early… …
9Ramsay, Sir William — ▪ British chemist Introduction born Oct. 2, 1852, Glasgow, Scot. died July 23, 1916, High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, Eng. British physical chemist who discovered four gases ( neon, argon, krypton, xenon) and showed that they (with helium and… …
10Giovanni Battista Guglielmini — Giovanni Battista Guglielmini † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Giovanni Battista Guglielmini Scientist, b. at Bologna, 16 August, 1763; d. in the same city, l5 December, 1817. He is known as the first scientific experimenter on the… …
