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Did Volta have a passion for the study of electricity?
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yes
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What is the battery made by Volta credited to be?
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the first cell
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What important electrical unit was named in honor of Volta?
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the volt
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Where did Volta enter retirement?
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Spain
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Is it a disadvantage for something to be unsafe to handle?
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yes
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Was Lombardy under Napoleon's rule in 1800?
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yes
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Was the Italian 10.000 lira banknote created before the euro?
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yes
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For how many years did Alessandro Volta live?
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53
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How old was Alessandro Volta when he died?
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82
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How many years ago was it when Volta married the daughter of Count Ludovico Peregrini , Teresa , with whom he raised three sons?
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215
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Before 1796, was Lombardy ruled by Austria?
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yes
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Where did he publish his invention of the Voltaic pile battery?
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the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society
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Where was Avogadro a professor of physics?
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University of Turin
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How many children did Avogadro have?
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six
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What is Avogadro most noted for?
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contributions to the theory of molarity and molecular weight
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What is Avogadro's number?
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6.02214199x10 23
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In what year did Avogadro stop teaching at Turin University?
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1853
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What subject did Avogadro study first?
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ecclesiastical law
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What was Amedeo Avogadro`s birthplace?
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Turin
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What was Amedeo Avogadro`s profession?
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professor of physics
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How many years ago was it when he became a professor of physics at the University of Turin?
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189
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What is Amedeo Avogadro`s first name?
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Amedeo
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Was Amedeo Avogadro born in North America?
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no
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Did he publish his work?
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Yes
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Did Avogadro submit his poem?
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Yes.
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Loschmidt calculated first the value of what?
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Avogadro's number
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What is Amedeo Avogadro?
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A person.
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Where is Amedeo Avogadro from?
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Italy.
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When did Anders Celcius publish his observations on the aurora borealis?
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1733
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What did Anders Celsius determine about the boiling of water?
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He determined the dependence of the boiling of water with atmospheric pressure.
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Which temperature scale did Celsius propose?
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Celcius
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What is the boiling point of water dependent on?
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atmospheric pressure
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Where was Celsius born?
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Uppsala in Sweden
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Whad did Celsius report in his paper "Observations of two persistent degrees on a thermometer"?
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the freezing point is independent of latitude
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How old was Celsius when he died?
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42
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What is temperature would water have to be to be halfway between its standard boiling and freezing point?
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50
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What is the difference between Celsius' original temperature scale and the one we use today?
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The scale was reversed by Carolus Linnaeus.
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What was Anders Celsius`s profession?
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professor of astronomy
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How old was Anders Celsius when he died?
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42
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He published a collection of what?
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observations
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Could Blaise Pascal move without crutches?
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He could move without crutches until a paralytic attack in 1647.
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From what did Pascal suffer throughout his life?
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ill health
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What did Pascal argue was as perfect as possible?
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the procedure used in geometry
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What is the best physician?
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Time
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Who was the eldest sibling?
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Gilberte
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Of whose continual poor health was the cause never precisely determined?
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Blaise Pascal
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Did Charles-Augustin de Coulomb find any relationship between electric charges and magnetic poles?
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No
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Where did Charles-Augustin de Coulomb die?
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Charles-Augustin de Coulomb died in Paris.
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When was Charles-Augustin de Coulomb permanently stationed in Paris?
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Charles-Augustin de Coulomb was permanently stationed in Paris in 1781.
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What contribution did Charles-Augustin de Coulomb make to the field of geotechnical engineering?
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Retaining wall design
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Where did the construction of Fort Bourbon take place?
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The construction of Fort Bourbon took place in Martinique.
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What is the definition of the electrostatic force of attraction and repulsion?
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Coulomb's law is the definition of the electrostatic force of attraction and repulsion.
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When did Charles-Augustin de Coulomb retire to a small estate he possessed at Blois?
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Charles-Augustin de Coulomb retired to a small estate he possessed at Blois on the outbreak of the revolution in 1789.
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If Charles-Augustin de Coulomb was alive today, how old would he have been?
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273
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For how many years did Charles-Augustin de Coulomb live?
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70
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Did Charles-Augustin de Coulomb live to be 80 years old?
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no
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How old was Charles-Augustin de Coulomb when he died?
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1806
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How many years ago did he resign his appointment as intendant de eaux et fontaine ?
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220
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How many years ago did Charles-Augustin de Coulomb die?
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203
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Was Charles Augustin de Coulomb ( born June 14 , 1736 , Angoulême , France - died August 23 , 1806 , Paris , France ) a French physicist?
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yes
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When was Charles-Augustin de Coulomb born?
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June 14, 1736
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He discovered an inverse relationship of what?
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distance and electric force
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Where is Charles-Augustin de Coulomb from?
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France
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Is the SI unit for radioactivity named after him?
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Yes
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In what year did Henri Becquerel die?
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1908
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Where was Henri Becquerel born?
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Paris
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In what year did Henri Becquerel win the Nobel Prize in Physics?
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1903
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Was Henri Becquerel first in his family to occupy the physics chair at the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle?
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No
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Was Henri Becquerel the sole winner of the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics?
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No
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Did Henri Becquerel intentionally discover radioactivity?
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No
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If Henri Becquerel was alive today, how old would he have been?
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157
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For how many years did Henri Becquerel live?
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56
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Did Henri Becquerel live to be 80 years old?
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no
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How old was Henri Becquerel when he died?
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53
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How many years ago was it when he became the third in his family to occupy the physics chair at the Musum National d`Histoire Naturelle?
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117
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When was Henri Becquerel born?
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December 15, 1852
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Becquerel wrapped a fluorescent substance in what?
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photographic plates and black material
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Where is Henri Becquerel from?
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Paris
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What does Henri Becquerel do?
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was a physisist
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Did Newton reject the church's doctrine of the Trinity?
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Newton may have rejected the church's doctrine of the Trinity.
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When was Newton's date of birth recorded?
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Christmas Day, Decembeer 25, 1642.
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How many laws of motion did Netwon have?
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Three
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Who did Newton see as the master creator?
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God
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When did Netwon investigate the refraction of light
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From 1670 to 1672
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What principles did Newton explain for mechanics?
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The principles of conservation of momentum and angular momentum
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Interaction with what man stirred up Newton's interest in alchemy?
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Henry More
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James Watt's improvements of what were fundamental to the changes wrought by the Industrial Revolution?
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The steam engine.
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James Watt was born where?
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Greenock, a seaport on the Firth of Clyde
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What was the name of James Watt's mother?
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Agnus Muirhead
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How many of James Watt's children did not live to adulthood?
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3
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James Watt ranked first among how many people in Charles Murray's survey of historiometry?
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229
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In what year did James travel to Lodon to study instrument-making?
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1753
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For how many years of James Watt's life was his mother alive?
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17 years
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What is James Watt most famous for?
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Steam engine.
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Who was a member of the Sandemanian sect of Christianity?
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Faraday
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What did Joseph Henry likely discover?
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self-induction
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What did the University of Oxford grant Faraday?
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a Doctor of Civil Law degree (honorary)
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Who was made to travel outside the coach?
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Faraday
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Did Faraday lecture on education in 1854?
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yes
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Did Faraday receive an extensive formal education?
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no
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