1750 ⟶ Joseph Black Describes Latent Heat

Joseph Black: describes latent heat.
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🔬 Newton's Discovery of the Spectrum of Light

Sir Isaac Newton: discovers that white light is a mixture of distinct coloured rays (the spectrum).⟶
Newton's Discovery of the Spectrum of Light (1672)
PhysicsOpticsScientific RevolutionExperimentationLight
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🌡️ Joseph Black Describes Latent Heat

Joseph Black: describes latent heat.⟶
Joseph Black Describes Latent Heat (1750)
PhysicsThermodynamicsScientific Revolution
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🧪 Joseph Priestley Develops Carbonated Water Production

Joseph Priestley invents a method for the production of carbonated water.⟶
Joseph Priestley Develops Carbonated Water Production (1767)
ChemistryScientific RevolutionJoseph Priestley
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🧪 Joseph Priestley Discovers Oxygen

Joseph Priestley discovers "dephlogisticated air", oxygen⟶
Joseph Priestley Discovers Oxygen (1774)
ChemistryScientific RevolutionEnlightenmentJoseph Priestley
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💡 Joule's Presentation on the Conservation of Energy

James Prescott Joule: Law of Conservation of energy (First law of thermodynamics), also 1847 – Helmholtz, Conservation of energy.⟶
Joule's Presentation on the Conservation of Energy (1843)
PhysicsThermodynamicsEnergyScientific Revolution
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🌡️ Lord Kelvin Proposes Absolute Zero Temperature Scale

Lord Kelvin: absolute zero.⟶
Lord Kelvin Proposes Absolute Zero Temperature Scale (1848)
PhysicsThermodynamicsTemperature
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