专业英语 Lesson 13.docVIP

Lesson 13 A BRIEF HISTORY OF CHEMICAL KINETICS ~440 BC: Democritus proposes the concept an of atom to describe the indivisible and indestructible particles that were thought to compose the substance of all things. ~250 BC: Archimedes deduces the law of the levers and could evaluate the relative density of bodies by observing their buoyancy force when immersed in water. 1635: John Winthrop, Jr., opens Americas first chemical plant in Boston. They produce saltpeter (used in gunpowder) and alum (used in tanning). 1644: Evangelista Torricelli devises the barometer. 1647 Blaise Pascal determines t