Summary
This book is not by Walther Hermann Nernst. The passages provided are from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, specifically entries on various individuals and topics such as Sir Frederick Augustus Abel, the Abecedarians, David Abercromby, and the mathematician Niels Henrik Abel. The central argument of this work, as a reference encyclopedia, is to present concise, factual summaries of historical and scientific figures and concepts. The main themes include the biographies of chemists and mathematicians, the history of explosives research, and the origins of religious sects. A reader takes away specific details about the lives and contributions of these individuals, such as Abel's work on gun-cotton and Abercromby's medical writings, as well as the etymology of terms like "Abednego."
Key concepts
- Gun-cotton manufacture (Abel's process) — A method developed by Sir Frederick Augustus Abel for preparing gun-cotton by reducing nitrated cotton to a fine pulp, making the process safer and the product more useful.
- Abecedarians — A nickname for extreme Anabaptists who believed the teaching of the Holy Spirit was sufficient and thus rejected all human learning, including the ability to read.
- Abelians — A new class of functions studied by mathematician Niels Henrik Abel, in addition to his work on elliptic and hyperelliptic functions.
- Nova Medicinae Praxis — A medical work by David Abercromby that was reprinted in Paris in 1740, a generation after his probable death.
- Tuta ac efficax luis venereae... methodus — A 1684 work by David Abercromby on treating venereal disease, which was translated into French, Dutch, and German.
From the book
Title: Theoretical Chemistry from the Standpoint of Avogadro's Rule and Thermodynamics by Walther Hermann Nernst
It is probably a corruption, perhaps deliberate, of Abednebo, “servant of Nebo,” though G. Hoffmann thinks that the original form was Abednergo, for Abednergal, “servant of the god Nergal.” C. H. Toy compares Barnebo, “son of Nebo”; of which he regards Barnabas as a slightly disguised form ( Jewish Encyclopaedia ).← Abednego 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica , Volume 1 Abeken, Heinrich Abel → See also Heinrich Abeken on Wikipedia ; and our 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica disclaimer . 12977 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica , Volume 1 — Abeken, Heinrich ABEKEN, HEINRICH (1809–1872), German theologian and Prussian official, was born at Berlin on the 8th of August 1809. He studied theology at Berlin and in 1834 became chaplain to the Prussian embassy in Rome. In 1841 he visited England, being…
The case is also found in Sanskrit, Zend, Oscan and Umbrian, and traces remain in other languages. The “Ablative Absolute,” a grammatical construction in Latin, consists of a noun in the ablative case, with a participle, attribute or qualifying word agreeing with it, not depending on any other part of the sentence, to express the time, occasion or circumstance of a fact.← Ablative 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica , Volume 1 Ablution by Frederick Cornwallis Conybeare Abnaki → See also Ablution in Christianity on Wikipedia ; and our 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica disclaimer . 13047 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica , Volume 1 — Ablution Frederick Cornwallis Conybeare ABLUTION (Lat. ablutio , from abluere , “to wash off”), a washing, in its religious use, destined to secure that ceremonial or…
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