Lesson 9. Science
Lesson 9. Science
• Introduction of microscope by the Janssen team that paved way for the
establishment of the cell theory and study of minute things. Charles Darwin
proposed the natural selection as an explanation of evolution. Darwin's complete
theory is published in "On the Origin of Species in 1859. Gregor Mendel's theory
of Genetics, he observed and studied the pattern of inheritance using a pea plant
and developed the Mendelian Principles of Heredity.
• Modern medicine bas profited from this explosion of knowledge in biology and
biochemistry, with new methods of treatment tanging from penicillin, insulin, and
a vast array of other drugs to pacemakers for weak hearts and implantations of
artificial or donated organs
• A Watt steam engine. The steam engine, made of iron and fueled primarily by
coal, became widely used in Great Britain during the Industrial Revolution
• In astronomy ever larger telescopes have assisted in the discovery that the sun is a
rather ordinary star in a huge collection of stars, the Milky Way, which itself is
only one the galaxies, that in general are expanding away from each other.
Through space travel astronomers were able to study and discover the nature of
the universe beyond Earth. The space age began with the launch of the first
artificial satellites in 1957. A human first went into space in 1961. Since then
cosmonauts and astronauts have ventured into space for further study of the
universe.
• The study of remote objects, billions of light-years from the earth, has been
carried out at all wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation, with some of the most
notable results being made in radio astronomy, which has been used to map the
Milky Way, study quasars, pulsars, and other unusual objects, and detect
relatively complex organic molecules floating in space.
Important Technological Developments
• Metallurgy: A major change in the metal industries during the era of the
Industrial Revolution was the replacement of wood and other bio-fuels with
coal. For a given amount of beat, coal required much less labour to mine than
cutting wood and converting it to charcoal, and coal was more abundant than
wood. The substitution of coke for charcoal greatly lowered the fuel cost for pig
iron and wrought iron production. Using coke also allowed larger blast
furnaces. resulting in economies of scale. The cast iron blowing cylinder was
first used in 1760. It was later improved by making it double acting, which
allowed higher furnace temperatures
James Watt and Matthew Boulton, had succeeded by 1778 in perfecting his
steam engine, which incorporated a series of radical improvements, notably the
closing off of the upper part of the cylinder thereby making the low pressure
steam drive the top of the piston instead of the atmosphere, use of a steam jacket
and the celebrated separate steam condenser chamber.
• Machine tools: created a demand for metal parts used in machinery. This led to
the development of several machine tools for cutting metal parts.
• Chemicals: The large scale production of chemicals such as sulphuric acid by the
lead Chamber proves was invented by the Englishman John Hardy cloth Need for
pickling (removing rust) iron and steel, and for bleaching cloth. Nicolas Leblanc,
in 1791 Introduced a method for the production of sodium carbonate, Sodium
carbonate ha many uses in the glass, textile, soap, and paper industries. The
development of bleaching powder calcium hypochlorite, revolutionized the
bleaching processes in the textile industry by dramatically reducing the time
required for the traditional process then in use, which required repeated exposure
to the sun in bleach fields after soaking the textiles with all or sour milk
• Food and nutrition: food supply had been increasing and prices falling before
the Industrial Revolution due to better agricultural practices: