and other measuring devices that were used principally in scientific research date to this period. As early as the turn of the 17th century, the improvement of the accuracy of measurements contributed to revolutionary scientific discoveries. For example, the precise astronomical measurements of Tycho ...
a combination of the Greek technē, “art, craft”, with logos, “word, speech”, meant in Greece a discourse on the arts, both fine and applied. When it first appeared in English in the 17th century, it was used to mean a discussion of the applied...
In summary, this research underscores the significance of geological techniques in identifying the raw materials and elucidating the brick manufacturing technology employed during the 17th century in Tunisia. These findings offer valuable insights for preservation and restoration projects....
About 1,800 years ago, during the Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220), Cai Lun improved China's papermaking technique using bark and hemp. This then became one of the four great ancient inventions of Chin. Today, ancient papermaking has been replaced by modern means of production, but in some ...
and economic change in the 19th century. Argues that “one of the crucial choices made during the antebellum period was to promote economic growth primarily through the legal, not the tax, system, a choice which had major consequences for the distribution of wealth and power in American society...
(sometimes in depressions of wooden boards or tables), and beads on rows of horizontal rods (of wood or metal). In the age of enlightenment starting in the 17th century and extending well into the 20th century the position of gears served as storage, often distinguishing among 10 items in ...
Early in the 17th century Francis Bacon declared that “knowledge is power.” We’ve been addicted to that slogan ever since. The idea is; Knowledge gives us the ability, i.e., the power, to accomplish things; Knowledge confers control. Right? After all, “real knowledge” is tangible, ...
aBest Sellers 畅销品[translate] aOn the contrary : post-17th century natural science has a validity, and the accompanying technology an efficacy, that we have established. 相反: 岗位第17个世纪自然科学有有效性和伴随的技术效力,我们建立了。[translate]...
In the 17th century, black tea was taken to Britain and quickly became popular among the upper classes. In order to obtain more tea, British colonialists introduced tea cultivation in India, leading to the emergence of Assam tea and Darjeeling tea. Since then, tea has become an intrinsic par...
They have been used since the 17th century as acidity indicators for chemistry, biology or medicine [82]. The pH paper is a well-known application of halochromism – it is formed by impregnating a paper with several halochromic materials. Materials that change their colour when in contact ...