18th Century Physics
18/19th Century Physics
19th Century Physics
Physics Theories
100
Who built the first leyden jar?
Ewald von Kleist
100
Who discovered 40 nebulae and 13 comets?
Messier
100
What is Ohm's Law?
V = I/R
100
What are the colors/changes in wavelength in doppler shift?
Towards - Blue Shift Away - Red Shift
200
Who found that lightning is electrical?
Benjamin Franklin
200
Who observed 2,500 new nebulae and star clusters
Hershel
200
Who is Lord Kelvin?
analysis of electricity and formulated 1st and 2nd law of thermodynamics
200
What did Faraday discover?
Electromagnetic rotation and induction
300
Charles Messier did what?
Published catalog of astronomical objects
300
V/T = V2/T2 is what law
Ideal Gas law for expansion of gases
300
Who found a law about gas now known as the 0th law of thermodynamics?
Joule
300
Lavoisier did what?
understood combustion and respiration caused by chemical reactions
400
Who discovered Uranus?
William Herschel
400
Name two inventions from J. Charles
Goniometer, heliostat, aerometer
400
What did J. Maxwell contribute to science?
Essay on the rings of Saturn, dynamic (moving) theory of gas and a theory of Heat
400
What did Avogadro Hypothesize?
equal volumes of gases at the same temperature and pressure has equal numbers of molecules
500
What is Jacque Charles major contribution to science?
Ideal Gas Law
500
Who is Alessandro Volta?
Invented the battery, discovered electrochemical series
500
what is the first law (0th) of thermodynamics?
Heat produced in a wire by an electric current is proportional to the product of the resistance of the wire and the square of the current
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