Energy

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    Energy

  • Birth of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

    Birth of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
    -German mathematician and philosopher.
    Math
    -Worked on the improvement of calculators.
    -Refined the binary system which is the basis of all modern computers.
    Philosophy
    -Optimistic
    -Believes that this is the best possible universe god could have created.
    -Wrote in Latin, French and German All information regarding Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

  • Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz invents the Leibniz wheel

    -Used as a calculator untill the invention of the electronic calculator in the 1970's

  • Death of Gottfried Willhelm Leibniz

    Death of Gottfried Willhelm Leibniz
    Aged 70

  • Birth of Joseph Black

    Birth of Joseph Black
    -French-Scottish physician and chemist
    -Known for his discoveries of: latent heat, specific heat, and carbon dioxide
    -James Watt consulted with Black regarding steam engines
    -Has modern university (University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow) chemistry buildings named after him All information regarding Joseph Black

  • Birth of Benjamin Thompson

    Birth of Benjamin Thompson
    -American-born British physicist and inventor.
    -Described the cold as more than just a loss of heat.
    -Worked on improving many household heating devices and coolant devices. (Chimney, Fireplace, Industrial Furnaces)
    -Many houses in London were redone in order to remove smoke by his guidelines All information regarding Benjamin Thompson

  • Joesph Black discovers Latent Heat

    -Discovered that the addition of heat to ice does not cause a rise in the temperature of the ice and water mixture, but rather the addition of heat increases the volume of water in the mixture.
    -This discovery marks the beginning of Thermodynamics.

  • Death of Joseph Black

    Death of Joseph Black
    Aged 71

  • Death of Benjamin Thompson

    Death of Benjamin Thompson
    Aged 61

  • Birth of James Prescott Joule

    Birth of James Prescott Joule
    -English physicist
    -Studied the nature of heat and its relationship with energy
    -This leads to: The Theory of Mass Conservation
    -Found a relationship between current, resistance and heat in a wire which is now called: Joule's Law All information regarding James Prescott Joule
    -An unit of energy is named after him (Joule)

  • Death of James Prescott Joule

    Death of James Prescott Joule
    Aged 70