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Torricelli’s Concept of a "Sea of Air"



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By : li bing    29 or more times read
Submitted 2010-06-30 04:52:33
The applied scientist is more closely identified with the application of principles and concepts to a specific and generally limited problem. The forms of application are so varied that no neat summary is possible. However, a couple of examples may illuminate the applied scientist’s role. Among the most visible of current applications are those in the field of rocketry. To be sure, there are some new scientific problems involved, and there has been some scientific "fallout" (that is, knowledge acquired that is incidental to the main objective), but the greatest problems have involved applications of previously existing principles and concepts. Consider, for example, the velocity a satellite must achieve in order to go into orbit. What is involved? The gravitational field and the Cartier Pasha Replica(http://www.imitatewatch.com/GoodsSeries/Replica-Pasha-Watches-145.html) composition of the atmosphere are two major components of the problem. Each of these components has been the subject of prolonged scientific effort.

In this situation the engineering effort that actually put a satellite into orbit used principles understood only before the attempt was contemplated; The development of the scientific principles concerning gravitation could, without too much distortion, be attributed to Newton. An appreciation of the composition and structure of the atmosphere goes back at least to Evangelista Torrid-celli, a student of Galileo. Torricelli’s concept of a "sea of air" was a critical to the development of orbiting satellites. This conceptual schema was developed in detail by succeeding generations of scientists. Engineers attempting to design rocketry equipment face problems of fantastic complexity.

The difference between their situation and that of basic scientists is that the problem is more specific (to put a satellite in orbit). The general concepts and details subsumed under these principles were previously available. The engineers asked "How does one use these principles to design a system that accomplishes the objective?"

A parallel example is the development of polio vaccine. Here again, the basic notion — that many diseases are the product of specific viral or bacterial agents — had long been known. In 1892, the Russian botanist D. J. Ivannovski laid the experimental foundation for research on viruses by transmitting the mosaic disease of tobacco using the cell-free juice of affected plants. By 1908, methods of transmitting poliomyelitis virus to rhesus monkeys had been developed. Work on the problem of propagating poliomyelitis virus culminated with the critical discoveries of J.F. Enders and his associates in 1949.

They managed to isolate and maintain cultures of the virus in tissue taken from human embryonic organs. These historical examples illustrate the 'sort of scientific background that often lies behind a well-publicized application. In addition to the basic knowledge Replica Jaeger-LeCoultre(http://www.luv-replica.com/GoodsBrand/Jaeger_LeCoultre_Replica_Watches-13.html) about viruses, the principles of immunity were at least partially understood, and detailed knowledge of anatomy was available. The problem was how to use these principles to generate a solution for the particular problem, A very extensive amount of research in both basic and applied science was necessary before there was any possibility of developing a polio vaccine. The example about the velocity that a satellite must achieve in order to go into orbit is used a screen. Emily held her own hand over one of theirs — left or right— and the practitioners had to say which hand it was. When the results were recorded, they'd done no better than they would have by simply guessing. If there was an energy field, they couldn't feel it.


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