10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «INGENHOUSZ»
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From Sunlight to Insight: Jan
IngenHousz, the Discovery of ...
"Who discovered photosynthesis? Not many people know. Jan IngenHousz' name has been forgotten, his life and works have disappeared in the mists of time. Still, the tale of his scientific endeavour shows science in action.
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A Source Book in Chemistry, 1400-1900
Jan Ingenhousz (1730-1799) PRIESTLEY'S investigations upon the role of plants
in purifying the atmosphere stimulated the Dutch physician Jan Ingenhousz to
study the phenomena more completely. His work provided a firm foundation for ...
Henry Marshall Leicester, Herbert S. Klickstein, 1952
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The Enlightened Joseph Priestley: A Study of His Life and ...
Before reading Ingenhousz, he had not suspected that leaves alone would do the
job— though he might have suspected it from reading Bonnet (Charles Bonnet,
Recherches sur l'usage des feuilles dans les plantes [1754)])—and he ...
Robert E. Schofield, 2004
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100 Greatest Science Discoveries of All Time
46 Photosynthesis Ingenhousz used both systems, but found it easier to collect
and study the gas collected underwater as tiny bubbles. Every time he collected
the gas that a plant gave off, he tested it to see if it would support a flame (have ...
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The Shocking History of Electric Fishes: From Ancient Epochs ...
Jan Ingenhousz (1730–1799), physician, natural philosopher, and close friend of
Franklin, with the first page of his 1775 article dealing with experiments on
torpedoes captured in Italy after learning about Walsh's experiments. Figure 16.6.
Stanley Finger, Marco Piccolino, 2011
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Photobiology of Higher Plants
In 1779, Jan Ingenhousz, a Dutch physician and contemporary of Priestley's,
reported that plants purified the air only in the presence of light. He also noted
that only the green parts of plants produced the purifying agent (O2) while non-
green ...
Maurice S. McDonald, 2003
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Electricity in the 17th and 18th Centuries: A Study of Early ...
Musschenbroek at Leyden, Ingenhousz had set up practice in his home town,
Breda, in 1757. The situation restricted his ambition. As a Catholic he found the
roads to government service and academic position closed; as a nocturnal ...
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Molecular Mechanisms of Photosynthesis
Jan Ingenhousz (1730–1799) was a Dutch physician and man ofthe world;
hewasatone timecourt physician to the Austrian empressMariaTheresa andhad
also visited England onseveraloccasions(Magiels, 2010). On one of these
tripsin1773 ...
Robert E. Blankenship, 2014
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The Medical Enlightenment of the Eighteenth Century
5' It drew considerable public attention, including both a supporting paper by
Ingenhousz in the Philosophical Transactions, in which Fontanist eudiometry was
endorsed, and a spectacular show by the appealing popular lecturer on natural ...
Andrew Cunningham, Roger French, 1990
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Who Discovered What When
We have several reasons to remember Dutch doctor Jan Ingenhousz. One is as a
champion of inoculation against smallpox (1796). Invited by a family friend who
happened to be President of the Royal Society and physician to King George III, ...
Arron Wood, David Ellyard, 2005
4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «INGENHOUSZ»
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Ingenhousz is used in the context of the following news items.
Adventures in transcranial direct-current stimulation.
In 1783, Jan Ingenhousz, a Dutch scientist, accidentally picked up a charged Leyden jar, causing an explosion that made him temporarily lose ... «The New Yorker, Mar 15»
Today in Lab History: Jan Ingenhousz
Jan Ingenhousz. Image: Line engraving by D. Cunego, 1769 via Wikimedia Jan Ingenhousz, born Dec. 8, 1730 was a Dutch-English physician ... «Laboratory Equipment, Dec 14»
25 percent more photosynthesis happening on Earth – nature cycles …
Thanks to Jan Ingenhousz we've known since 1778 that water, air and light come together in photosynthesis. Now finally we've come close to ... «Bits Of Science, Sep 11»
Blooming Botany (2)
In 1778, Jan Ingenhousz (1730 – 1799), court physician to the Austrian Empress, repeated Priestley's experiments. He discovered that it was ... «Science 2.0, Jun 11»
