in 1865. Crookes was the inventor of the Crookes radiometer but did not discern the true explanation of the phenomenon he detected. Crookes also invented...
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A Crookes tube (also Crookes–Hittorf tube) is an early experimental electrical discharge tube, with partial vacuum, invented by English physicist William...
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engine run by light energy. It was invented in 1873 by the chemist Sir William Crookes as the by-product of some chemical research. In the course of very...
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The Mentalist Who Baffled Sir William Crookes. Skeptical Inquirer 24: 36–38. William Hodson Brock. (2008). William Crookes (1832–1919) and the Commercialization...
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To this end, they turned to Crookes, who was a prominent and respected scientist. Between 1871 and 1874, Sir William Crookes investigated the preternatural...
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The William Crooks is a 4-4-0 steam locomotive that was the first locomotive to operate in the State of Minnesota, beginning in 1861. It was named after...
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shoot" or "twig", was named by Crookes. It was isolated by both Lamy and Crookes in 1862; Lamy by electrolysis and Crookes by precipitation and melting...
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William Crook may refer to: William H. Crook (1839–1915), one of Abraham Lincoln's presidential bodyguards and longtime White House employee William Crook...
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(1832–1907), American Civil War veteran for the Union William Crookes, English chemist and physicist William Crook (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists...
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William Herbert Crook (April 18, 1925 – October 29, 1997) was an American preacher turned politician, national director of the Volunteers in Service to...
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