BIO 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Parapodium, Scallop, Marine Worm
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Carbonated water (seltzer) was invented in the 18th century by. Dolley madion (1768 1849: perfected ice cream. Thomas jefferson (1743 1826: prolific inventor. Benjamin franklin (1706 1790: serious scientist, serious inventer. Examined the ability of gases to support life: most gases cannot support life, mice survived when placed in gas produced by heating mercuric oxide. life, mice lived longer if plant material is present in the container. Something being produced by plant material is essential for. His life span overlapped with benjamin franklin: they met and shared tails of experiments, benjamin franklin proposed that there would be public plants and spaces near the buildings so that the plants could produce. Lavoisier experimented with priestly"s life-supporting gas: named the gas, oxygen. , discovered that animals and burning coal consume o2 release. Co2 and heat: demonstrated that the amount of heat produced relative to o2 uptake is about the same for animals and burning coal.