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The theory of general relativity has been verified through experiments involving this innermost planet |
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In the mid-18th c. Mikhail Lomonosov became the first scientist to record the freezing of this liquid metal |
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RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS |
2009-02-13 |
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It took a Russian, Lomonosov, to first record the freezing temperature of this metallic element, at about -40 |
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SCIENTISTS |
2005-09-30 |
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It was Gabriel Fahrenheit who substituted this for alcohol in the thermometer |
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DEAD SCIENTISTS SOCIETY |
2001-10-08 |
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Though not the first to make one, Fahrenheit was the first to fill a thermometer with this metal |
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Guillaume Amontons' 17th century thermometer was 1st filled with this & corrected for air pressure |
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1986-09-18 |
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