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The Essential Volta

Author : Alessandro Volta
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781511727303
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (273 download)

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Download or read book The Essential Volta written by Alessandro Volta and published by . This book was released on 2015-05-10 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: L'identità del fluido elettrico col cosí detto fluido galvanico, vittoriosamente dimostrata con nuove esperienze ed osservazioni. Notes by Alessandro Volta, compiled and edited by Pietro Configliachi.This is a memoir of Alessandro Volta's researches surrounding Galvanism and his discovery of the Voltaic Pile, which he then put to good use in many experiments which had as their aim the identity of this novel electric fluid, of low tension but of great abundance, with the common electric fluid of static origin, derived through friction. Although now over 200 years old, it was written during a seminal moment in the history of science. The seven main articles of this memoir are:ARTICLE I: Of simple Galvanism, or rather of phenomena thus called galvanic, produced by the application of only two or three conductors, or rather differing electric motors.ARTICLE II: Of compound Galvanism, or to better tell it, Voltaism; that is, of the arrays formed by an ordered series of simple Electromotors.ARTICLE III: Of the power which Electromotors have of charging, in the briefest interval of time, and to a tension equal to their own, any Leyden jar whatever, or battery [of jars]; and to hence have these jars give shocks proportional to such charges, and to their respective capacities.ARTICLE IV: Further evaluation of the worthiness of the electric discharges, under the double relation of their intensity, or electrometric tension, and of the quantity of fluid which shapes them, along with various researches in Electrometry.ARTICLE V: On the little conductive virtue of water, maximally pure: through which an electric current, while passing through there, broadens as much as possible, taking beyond the straight path many other paths, however long and oblique.Application of this to the shocks which are had under water, equally from the Torpedoes as from the piles, and from the Leyden jars.ARTICLE VI: Of the effects which, besides the shocks, the Electromotors produce upon the animal organs, and especially upon those of the senses.ARTICLE VII: Continuation of the preceding article: or rather, special observations surrounding a few circumstances which modify the strength and the quality of the impressions conveyed by the Electromotors upon our organs.

Volta

Author : Giuliano Pancaldi
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691188610
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book Volta written by Giuliano Pancaldi and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2018-06-05 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Giuliano Pancaldi sets us within the cosmopolitan cultures of Enlightenment Europe to tell the story of Alessandro Volta--the brilliant man whose name is forever attached to electromotive force. Providing fascinating details, many previously unknown, Pancaldi depicts Volta as an inventor who used his international network of acquaintances to further his quest to harness the power of electricity. This is the story of a man who sought recognition as a natural philosopher and ended up with an invention that would make an everyday marvel of electric lighting. Examining the social and scientific contexts in which Volta operated--as well as Europe's reception of his most famous invention--Volta also offers a sustained inquiry into long-term features of science and technology as they developed in the early age of electricity. Pancaldi considers the voltaic cell, or battery, as a case study of Enlightenment notions and their consequences, consequences that would include the emergence of the "scientist" at the expense of the "natural philosopher." Throughout, Pancaldi highlights the complex intellectual, technological, and social ferment that ultimately led to our industrial societies. In so doing, he suggests that today's supporters and critics of Enlightenment values underestimate the diversity and contingency inherent in science and technology--and may be at odds needlessly. Both an absorbing biography and a study of scientific and technological creativity, this book offers new insights into the legacies of the Enlightenment while telling the remarkable story of the now-ubiquitous battery.

The Ambiguous Frog

Author : Marcello Pera
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400862493
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Ambiguous Frog written by Marcello Pera and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-07-14 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do ideas become accepted by the scientific community? How and why do scientists choose among empirically equivalent theories? In this pathbreaking book translated from the Italian, Marcello Pera addresses these questions by exploring the politics, rhetoric, scientific practices, and metaphysical assumptions that entered into the famous Galvani-Volta controversy of the late eighteenth century. This lively debate erupted when two scientists, each examining the muscle contractions of a dissected frog in contact with metal, came up with opposing but experimentally valid explanations of the phenomenon. Luigi Galvani, a doctor and physiologist, believed that he had discovered animal electricity (electrical body fluid existing naturally in a state of disequilibrium), while the physicist Alessandro Volta attributed the contractions to ordinary physical electricity. Beginning with the electrical concepts understood by scientists in the 1790s, Pera traces the careers of Galvani and Volta and explains their laboratory procedures. He shows that their controversy derived from two basic, irreducible interpretations of the proper nature of a common domain: Galvani saw the frog phenomenon as the work of biological organs, Volta as that of a physical apparatus. The initial preference for Volta's theory, maintains Pera, depended not on clear-cut methodological rules, but on a dialectical dispute for which the renowned physicist was better equipped, partly because he shared the dominant metaphysical views of his time. Originally published in 1991. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Bulletin

Author :
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1933 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Alessandro Volta and the Electric Battery

Author : Bern Dibner
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alessandro Volta and the Electric Battery written by Bern Dibner and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Shocking Frogs

Author : Marco Piccolino
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199782164
Total Pages : 399 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book Shocking Frogs written by Marco Piccolino and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2013 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "... and still we could never suppose that fortune were to be so friendly to us, such as to allow us to be perhaps the first in handling, as it were, the electricity concealed in nerves, in extracting it from nerves, and, in some way, in putting it under everyone's eyes." With these words, Luigi Galvani announced to the world in 1791 his discovery that nervous conduction and muscle excitation are electrical phenomena. The result of more than years of intense experimental work, Galvani's milestone achievement concluded a thousand-year scientific search, in a field long dominated by the antiquated beliefs of classical science. Besides laying the grounds for the development of the modern neurosciences, Galvani's discovery also brought to light an invention that would forever change humankind's everyday life: the electric battery of Alessandro Volta. In an accessible style, written for specialists and general readers alike, Shocking Frogs retraces the steps of both scientific discoveries, starting with the initial hypotheses of the Enlightenment on the involvement of electricity in life processes. So doing, it also reveals the inconsistency of the many stereotypes that an uncritical cultural tradition has imparted to the legacies of Galvani and Volta, and proposes a decidedly new image of these monumental figures.

Philosophy, Science, and History

Author : Lydia Patton
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136626891
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (366 download)

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Download or read book Philosophy, Science, and History written by Lydia Patton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-27 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philosophy, Science, and History: A Guide and Reader is a compact overview of the history and philosophy of science that aims to introduce students to the groundwork of the field, and to stimulate innovative research. The general introduction focuses on scientific theory change, assessment, discovery, and pursuit. Part I of the Reader begins with classic texts in the history of logical empiricism, including Reichenbach’s discovery-justification distinction. With careful reference to Kuhn’s analysis of scientific revolutions, the section provides key texts analyzing the relationship of HOPOS to the history of science, including texts by Santayana, Rudwick, and Shapin and Schaffer. Part II provides texts illuminating central debates in the history of science and its philosophy. These include the history of natural philosophy (Descartes, Newton, Leibniz, Kant, Hume, and du Châtelet in a new translation); induction and the logic of discovery (including the Mill-Whewell debate, Duhem, and Hanson); and catastrophism versus uniformitarianism in natural history (Playfair on Hutton and Lyell; de Buffon, Cuvier, and Darwin). The editor’s introductions to each section provide a broader perspective informed by contemporary research in each area, including related topics. Each introduction furnishes proposals, including thematic bibliographies, for innovative research questions and projects in the classroom and in the field.

The Volta River Basin

Author : Timothy O. Williams
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131747953X
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book The Volta River Basin written by Timothy O. Williams and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-19 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Volta River Basin (VRB) is an important transboundary basin in West Africa that covers approximately 410,000 square kilometres across six countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali and Togo. Its natural resources sustain the livelihoods of its population and contribute to economic development. This book provides a comprehensive, interdisciplinary review and assessment of the issues and challenges faced. The authors provide a science-based assessment of current and future scenarios of water availability, the demands of key sectors, including agriculture and hydropower, and the environment under changing demographic, economic, social and climatic conditions. They also identify solutions and strategies that will allow available water resources to be sustainably used to improve agricultural productivity, food security and economic growth in the VRB. Overall, the work examines from a multidisciplinary and multi-stakeholder perspective the solutions and strategies to improve the use of water and other natural resources in the VRB to achieve enhanced food security, livelihoods and economic growth.

The Volta Book of Poets

Author : Joshua Marie Wilkinson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781940090016
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book The Volta Book of Poets written by Joshua Marie Wilkinson and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poetry. Anthology. THE VOLTA BOOK OF POETS gathers together the work of 50 talented poets of disparate backgrounds and traditions, providing a constellation of the most exciting, innovative poetry evolving today. Named for the online poetics archive The Volta, THE VOLTA BOOK OF POETS navigates contrasting styles and forms to showcase poetry in its dissimilar pleasures, presenting difference as a means for inspiring a new way to think about poetry, and to inspire readership for the poetry communities and presses radiating out from the poets collected in this essential anthology, including Rosa Alcalá, Eric Baus, Anselm Berrigan, Edmund Berrigan, Susan Briante, Sommer Browning, Julie Carr, Don Mee Choi, Arda Collins, Dot Devota, Tsering Wangmo Dhompa, Graham Foust, C.S. Giscombe, Renee Gladman, Noah Eli Gordon, Yona Harvey, Matthew Henriksen, Harmony Holiday, Cathy Park Hong, Bhanu Kapil, John Keene, Aaron Kunin, Dorothea Lasky, Juliana Leslie, Rachel Levitsky, Tan Lin, Dawn Lundy Martin, J. Michael Martinez, Farid Matuk, Shane McCrae, Anna Moschovakis, Fred Moten, Sawako Nakayasu, Chris Nealon, Hoa Nguyen, Khadijah Queen, Andrea Rexilius, Zachary Schomburg, Brandon Shimoda, Evie Shockley, Cedar Sigo, Abraham Smith, Christopher Stackhouse, Mathias Svalina, Roberto Tejada, TC Tolbert, Catherine Wagner, Dana Ward, Ronaldo V. Wilson, and Lynn Xu.

The Road Since Structure

Author : Thomas S. Kuhn
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226457987
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (579 download)

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Download or read book The Road Since Structure written by Thomas S. Kuhn and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2000-11 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Divided into three parts, this work is a record of the direction Kuhn was taking during the last two decades of his life. It consists of essays in which he refines the basic concepts set forth in "Structure"--Paradigm shifts, incommensurability, and the nature of scientific progress.

The Question of the Atom

Author : Mary J. Nye
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9780938228073
Total Pages : 700 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (28 download)

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Download or read book The Question of the Atom written by Mary J. Nye and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 1983-01-01 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Electrician

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book The Electrician written by and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Notes on Physics

Author : Benjamin Warner Snow
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 810 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Notes on Physics written by Benjamin Warner Snow and published by . This book was released on 1909 with total page 810 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

History of the Inductive Sciences

Author : William Whewell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 646 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)

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Download or read book History of the Inductive Sciences written by William Whewell and published by . This book was released on 1837 with total page 646 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Physical Review

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Physical Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vols. for 1903- include Proceedings of the American Physical Society.

The Encyclopaedia Britannica

Author : Thomas Stewart Traill
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1050 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book The Encyclopaedia Britannica written by Thomas Stewart Traill and published by . This book was released on 1853 with total page 1050 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Dissertation Sixth

Author : James David Forbes
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Dissertation Sixth written by James David Forbes and published by . This book was released on 1856 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: