c.a. coulson (1910 – 1974) linus pauling (1901 – 1994)
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Edward Frankland (1825 1899)
When the formulae of inorganic chemical compounds are considered, even a superficial observer is impressed with the general symmetry of their construction. The compounds of nitrogen, phosphorus, antimony, and arsenic, especially, exhibit the tendency of these elements to form compounds containing 3 or 5 atoms of other elements; and it is in these proportions that their affinities are best satisfied: thus in the ternal group we have: NO3, NH3, NI3, NS3, PO3, PH3, PCl3, SbO3, SbH3, SbCl3, AsO3, AsH3, AsCl3, etc.: and in the five-atom group, NO5, NH4O, NH4I, PO5, PH4I, etc. Without offering any hypothesis regarding the cause of this symmetrical grouping of atoms, it is sufficiently evident from the examples just given, that such a tendency or law prevails, and that, no matter what the character of the uniting atoms may be, the combining power of the attracting element, if I may be allowed the term, is always satisfied by the same number of these atoms.
Phil. Trans. Royal Soc.1852
Abegg’s RuleThe difference between the maximum positive and negative valence of an element is frequently eight.
Nature of LightIsaac Newton (1643- 1727) Christiaan Huygens (1629 – 1695)
Young’s Double Slit ExperimentThomas Young (1773 – 1829)
Laser Source for Double Slit Experiment
Fresnel’s DotAugustin Jean Fresnel (1788 – 1827)
Simeon Poisson (1781 – 1840)
Cavities as Blackbodies
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Max Planck (1858 – 1947)
Albert Einstein (1879 – 1955) Robert Millikan (1868 - 1953)
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