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  2. Radiant energy - Wikipedia

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    In physics, and in particular as measured by radiometry, radiant energy is the energy of electromagnetic [1] and gravitational radiation. As energy, its SI unit is the joule (J). The quantity of radiant energy may be calculated by integrating radiant flux (or power ) with respect to time .

  3. William Crookes - Wikipedia

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    The element thallium, discovered by Crookes The mineral crookesite, a selenide of copper, thallium and silver (Cu 7 (Tl, Ag)Se 4), named for Crookes. His first important discovery was that of the element thallium, made with the help of flame spectroscopy. Crookes discovered a previously unknown element with a bright green emission line in its ...

  4. Electromagnetic radiation - Wikipedia

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    The energy in electromagnetic waves is sometimes called radiant energy. ... Electromagnetic radiation of wavelengths other than those of visible light were discovered ...

  5. History of energy - Wikipedia

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    The word energy derives from Greek word "energeia" (Greek: ἐνέργεια) meaning actuality, which appears for the first time in the 4th century BCE in various works of Aristotle [1] when discussing potentiality and actuality including Physics, Metaphysics, Nicomachean Ethics [2] and On the Soul.

  6. History of thermodynamics - Wikipedia

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    The history of thermodynamics is a fundamental strand in the history of physics, the history of chemistry, and the history of science in general. Due to the relevance of thermodynamics in much of science and technology, its history is finely woven with the developments of classical mechanics, quantum mechanics, magnetism, and chemical kinetics, to more distant applied fields such as ...

  7. Invention of radio - Wikipedia

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    Ferdinand Braun Braun's radiant energy U.S. patent 750,429 Ferdinand Braun 's major contributions were the introduction of a closed tuned circuit in the generating part of the transmitter, and its separation from the radiating part (the antenna) by means of inductive coupling, [ 135 ] : p.90, 358–359 and later on the usage of crystals for ...

  8. Max Planck - Wikipedia

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    Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck (/ ˈ p l æ ŋ k /; [2] German: [maks ˈplaŋk] ⓘ; [3] 23 April 1858 – 4 October 1947) was a German theoretical physicist whose discovery of energy quanta won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1918.

  9. The energy could be discharged by completing an external circuit between the brass rod and another conductor, originally his hand, placed in contact with the outside of the jar. He also found that if the jar were placed on a piece of metal on a table, a shock would be received by touching this piece of metal with one hand and touching the wire ...