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1 day ago · An example of this usage is the 1687 book Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica by Isaac Newton. This book referred to natural philosophy in its title, but it is today considered a book of physics. The meaning of philosophy changed toward the end of the modern period when it acquired the more narrow meaning common today. In this new ...
5 minutes ago · Load your washer correctly – don’t overload or underload to prevent damage and ensure clothes get clean. Sort by colour and fabric, and always check for stains to treat before washing. Choose the right detergent, especially if you have sensitive skin, and use the correct amount. Remember to run cleaning cycles to prevent buildup in your ...
1 day ago · Manganese is a chemical element; it has symbol Mn and atomic number 25. It is a hard, brittle, silvery metal, often found in minerals in combination with iron. Manganese was first isolated in the 1770s. Manganese is a transition metal with a multifaceted array of industrial alloy uses, particularly in stainless steels.
1 day ago · Newton's first law expresses the principle of inertia: the natural behavior of a body is to move in a straight line at constant speed. A body's motion preserves the status quo, but external forces can perturb this. The modern understanding of Newton's first law is that no inertial observer is privileged over any other.
1 day ago · Copper(III) is most often found in oxides. A simple example is potassium cuprate, KCuO 2, a blue-black solid. The most extensively studied copper(III) compounds are the cuprate superconductors. Yttrium barium copper oxide (YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7) consists of both Cu(II) and Cu(III) centres.
1 day ago · The central limit theorem may be established for the simple random walk on a crystal lattice (an infinite-fold abelian covering graph over a finite graph), and is used for design of crystal structures. Applications and examples. A simple example of the central limit theorem is rolling many identical, unbiased dice.
1 day ago · The Baroque ( UK: / bəˈrɒk / bə-ROK, US: /- ˈroʊk / -ROHK; French: [baʁɔk]) or Baroquism [1] is a Western style of architecture, music, dance, painting, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from the early 17th century until the 1750s. [2] It followed Renaissance art and Mannerism and preceded the Rococo (in the past ...
