https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700 en-us 2016-03-20 21:08:05 UTC 2017-05-17 07:59:41 UTC hello@padlet.com 18coppaj https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101914936 2016-03-20 21:12:53 UTC https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101914936 18coppaj https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101914961 2016-03-20 21:13:03 UTC https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101914961 18coppaj https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101915009 2016-03-20 21:13:36 UTC https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101915009 18coppaj https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101915079 2016-03-20 21:14:35 UTC https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101915079 18coppaj https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101915084 2016-03-20 21:14:40 UTC https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101915084 18coppaj https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101919377 1781 
William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus]]> 2016-03-20 22:29:29 UTC https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101919377 18coppaj https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101919568 1654
James Ussher,based on the Bible, concluded that the Earth was created in 4004 B.C.
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Georges Buffon challenged the idea by proposing the Earth to be between 75,000 and 100,000 years old as a result of a comet collision with the Sun. (The Earth is now proposed to be 4.6 billion years old.)]]> 2016-03-20 22:32:14 UTC https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101919568 18coppaj https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101919572 *many discoveries in neurology ---->*]]> 2016-03-20 22:32:16 UTC https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101919572 18coppaj https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101919674 Edmond Halley proved that Newton's laws also applied to comets]]> 2016-03-20 22:33:57 UTC https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101919674 18coppaj https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101919760 1789
Benjamin Banneker accurately predicted a solar eclipse]]> 2016-03-20 22:34:42 UTC https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101919760 18coppaj https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101919883 1796
Pierre Laplace postulated the theory of an accretion disk]]> 2016-03-20 22:36:55 UTC https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101919883 18coppaj https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101920101 1791
Antoine Lavoisier proved Georg Stahl's theory false. The theory proposed that when things are burned, they release and invisible fluid called "phlogiston." Lavoisier instead proved that oxygen from the air is gained during combustion rather than a loss of fluid.]]> 2016-03-20 22:40:10 UTC https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101920101 18coppaj https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101920327 Joseph Priestly discovered many gases including ammonia, carbon monoxide, and hydrogen sulfide. Priestly is mostly credited for the discovery of oxygen.]]> 2016-03-20 22:43:52 UTC https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101920327 18coppaj https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101920482 Georg Brandt discovered cobalt. Johann Gahn discovered manganese. Peter Hjelm discovered molybdenum. Baron Axel Cronstedt discovered nickel.]]> 2016-03-20 22:45:19 UTC https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101920482 18coppaj https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101920659 Karl Scheele made contributions to the discovery of many elements and was the first to isolate many acids.]]> 2016-03-20 22:47:18 UTC https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101920659 18coppaj https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101921191 Abraham Werner and James Hutton both believed that erosion played a major role in the formation of Earth's surface.
Hutton also believed that volcanoes played an equally important role.]]> 2016-03-20 22:54:42 UTC https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101921191 18coppaj https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101921416 2016-03-20 22:58:18 UTC https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101921416 18coppaj https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101921670 Early 1700s
Stephen Hales discovered a connection between the spinal chord and reflexes and suggested that muscle movement had electrical origin. Hales used animals to test his theories.]]> 2016-03-20 23:03:07 UTC https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101921670 18coppaj https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101921949 1751
Robert Whytt stated that only a small part of the spinal chord was necessary for reflexes and that they could be destroyed when cranial nerves were severed. Whytt was the first to describe teberculosis meningitis in children.]]> 2016-03-20 23:08:46 UTC https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101921949 18coppaj https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101922323 1752
Albrecht von Haller concluded that muscle fibers contracted independently of the nerves around it. Haller also showed that nerves carry impulses which cause sensation.]]> 2016-03-20 23:14:53 UTC https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101922323 18coppaj https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101922635 1786
Luigi Galvani discovered electrostatic impulses.]]> 2016-03-20 23:19:20 UTC https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101922635 18coppaj https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101922858 Benjamin Franklin suggested the idea of positive and negative charges. Franklin also (incorrectly) proposed that electricity is caused by the exchange of an invisible fluid.]]> 2016-03-20 23:22:32 UTC https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101922858 18coppaj https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101923068 Christopher Coulomb showed that electrical and magnetic force depends on size and distance.]]> 2016-03-20 23:25:10 UTC https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101923068 18coppaj https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101923295 1714
Gabriel Fahrenheit created a mercury-filled thermometer based on the boiling and freezing points of water.
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Anders Celsius created a similar thermometer but separated the intervals in 100 equal divisions.]]> 2016-03-20 23:27:52 UTC https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101923295 18coppaj https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101923521 Pierre Prevost concluded that cold was the absence of heat. Prevost also thought that heat was an invisible fluid.]]> 2016-03-20 23:30:52 UTC https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101923521 18coppaj https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101924058 Lazzaro Spallanzani studied fertilization and refuted the theory of spontaneous generation.]]> 2016-03-20 23:37:53 UTC https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101924058 18coppaj https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101924161 Caspar Friedrich Wolff laid the groundwork for modern embryology.]]> 2016-03-20 23:39:03 UTC https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101924161 18coppaj https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101924302 Theophile de Bordeu proposed (correctly) that some organs secrete substances into the blood to affect other organs. This later gave rise to the studies of endrocrinology and hormonology.]]> 2016-03-20 23:41:16 UTC https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/101924302 18coppaj https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/102013914 https://docs.google.com/a/granbyschools.org/document/d/1PckSYFjwsCbr7Fj5Rc-qIw7_IkBA2aWlW4iisVcJrKw/edit?usp=sharing]]> 2016-03-21 13:56:27 UTC https://padlet.com/18coppaj/physicalsciences1700/wish/102013914