- RQFTCINO13 Game 3, Rounds 7-8: QueLit, chemists - 3 Updates
| Erland Sommarskog <esquel@sommarskog.se>: Oct 12 07:52PM +0200 > * Game 3, Round 7 - Canadiana Literature - Quebec Literature Merci, non. > discovered a law of gases: equal volumes of all gases at the > same temperature and pressure contain equal numbers of molecules. > He is regarded as one of the founders of physical chemistry. Avagardo > 2. Russian who devised the periodic table and wrote "Elements of > Chemistry" in 1868. Mendeliev > 4. Greek who declared that there were four elements: earth, air, > fire, and water. Aristotle > 5. French father of modern chemistry; he discovered oxygen's role > in combustion and respiration, and gave it its name. (well, one of its many names) > 7. Polish-French discoverer of radium and polonium, winner of > Nobel Prizes in physics and chemistry. Marie Curie > 9. English scientist who discovered nitrogen, sulfur dioxide, > and other gases; co-discoverer of oxygen in 1774 with Carl > William Scheele. Preston > 10. Irish "Father of Chemistry" who developed his law of gases, > by which the volume of a gas varies inversely with pressure at > a constant temperature. Boyle |
| tool@panix.com (Dan Blum): Oct 13 12:37AM > * Game 3, Round 7 - Canadiana Literature - Quebec Literature > 5. "The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz", 1959. Richler > discovered a law of gases: equal volumes of all gases at the > same temperature and pressure contain equal numbers of molecules. > He is regarded as one of the founders of physical chemistry. Avogadro > 2. Russian who devised the periodic table and wrote "Elements of > Chemistry" in 1868. Mendeleev > 3. English scientist who discovered the properties of hydrogen in > 1766 (describing it as "inflammable air"), and showed that > water is a compound of oxygen and hydrogen. Priestly > 4. Greek who declared that there were four elements: earth, air, > fire, and water. Thales > 5. French father of modern chemistry; he discovered oxygen's role > in combustion and respiration, and gave it its name. Lavoisier > 6. Greek who developed a theory that the world consisted of tiny, > indivisible particles he called atoms. Democritus > 7. Polish-French discoverer of radium and polonium, winner of > Nobel Prizes in physics and chemistry. Marie Curie > 8. English scientist who discovered the chemical elements sodium, > potassium, magnesium, barium, calcium, and strontium in the > early 19th century. Davy > 9. English scientist who discovered nitrogen, sulfur dioxide, > and other gases; co-discoverer of oxygen in 1774 with Carl > William Scheele. Priestly -- _______________________________________________________________________ Dan Blum tool@panix.com "I wouldn't have believed it myself if I hadn't just made it up." |
| Dan Tilque <dtilque@frontier.com>: Oct 13 02:32AM -0700 On 10/11/22 21:27, Mark Brader wrote: > discovered a law of gases: equal volumes of all gases at the > same temperature and pressure contain equal numbers of molecules. > He is regarded as one of the founders of physical chemistry. Avogadro > 2. Russian who devised the periodic table and wrote "Elements of > Chemistry" in 1868. Mendeleev > 3. English scientist who discovered the properties of hydrogen in > 1766 (describing it as "inflammable air"), and showed that > water is a compound of oxygen and hydrogen. Dalton > 4. Greek who declared that there were four elements: earth, air, > fire, and water. Aristotle > 5. French father of modern chemistry; he discovered oxygen's role > in combustion and respiration, and gave it its name. Lavoisier > indivisible particles he called atoms. > 7. Polish-French discoverer of radium and polonium, winner of > Nobel Prizes in physics and chemistry. Curie > 8. English scientist who discovered the chemical elements sodium, > potassium, magnesium, barium, calcium, and strontium in the > early 19th century. Davy > 10. Irish "Father of Chemistry" who developed his law of gases, > by which the volume of a gas varies inversely with pressure at > a constant temperature. Boyle -- Dan Tilque |
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