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3. The origins of early Greek science can be traced to the work of the philosopher
A) Aristotle
B) Plato
C) Thales
D) Aristarchus
4. The astronomical object in our sky which plays the most fundamental role in our lives is
the
A) Sun
B) Moon
C) nearest star
D) most massive planet in our solar system, Jupiter
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6. The circular shape of the Earth's shadow on the Moon during a lunar eclipse suggested
to the Greeks that the Earth was
A) cylindrical in shape
B) at the center of the Universe
C) flat
D) spherical in shape
10. The first person to suggest that the Earth moved around the Sun was
A) Aristarchus
B) Newton
C) Copernicus
D) Galileo
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Chapter 2: The Science of Life in the Universe
13. Which Greek school of thought believed that both the heavens and the Earth were made
of an infinite number of indivisible units made of the elements fire, water, earth, and
air?
A) the Aristotelians
B) the xenophanes
C) the atomists
D) the milesians
14. Which Greek school of thought believed that the Earth was made of the elements fire,
water, earth, and air while the heavens were made of a fifth element called the aether or
quintessance?
A) the Aristotelians
B) the xenophanes
C) the atomists
D) the milesians
15. Which Greek school of thought naturally lead to the possibility of the existence
extraterrestrial life?
A) the Aristotelians
B) the xenophanes
C) the atomists
D) the milesians
16. Which Greek school of thought rejected the possibility of the existence extraterrestrial
life and insisted that the world must be unique?
A) the Aristotelians
B) the xenophanes
C) the atomists
D) the milesians
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A Thesis
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1894
Contents.
I. Introduction and Historical Statement 1
II. The Oxalate Method 3
Preparation of Pure Cadmium 3
Preparation of Nitric Acid 4
Purification of Water 4
Purification of Oxalic Acid 5
Preparation of Cadmium Oxalate 7
Procedure 8
Results 13
III. The Sulphide Method 16
Preparation of Hydrogen Sulphide 16
Preparation of Nitrogen 17
Mode of Procedure 18
Results 24
Discussion of the Results 24
Discussion of the Method 26
IV. The Chloride Method 33
Preparation of Cadmium Chloride 35
The Filters 48
Analytical Process 52
Results 57
Discussion of the Results 58
V. The Bromide Method 69
Preparation of Cadmium Bromide and
Hydrobromic Acid 70
Method of Analysis 78
Results 80
Discussion of the Results 80
VI. Syntheses of Cadmium Sulphate 82
Results 90
Discussion of the Results 91
VII. The Oxide Method 94
Results 96
Discussion of the Results 97
Determination of Error 104
Discussion of the Oxalate Method 114
VIII. Other Methods 119
IX. Conclusion 122
Acknowledgement.