The roots of the silver tree: Boyle,alchemy, and teleology

Though Robert Boyle called final causes one of the most important subjects for a natural philosopher to study, his own treatise on the subject, the Disquisition about Final Causes, has received comparatively little scholarly attention. In this paper, I explicate Boyle's complex argument against the use of teleological explanations for inanimate bodies, such as metals. The central object of this argument is a mysterious allusion to a silver plant. I claim that the silver plant is best understood as a reference to alchemical product: the Arbor Dianae, an offshoot of George Starkey's recipe for the Philosophers' Stone. Then, I show how the context of alchemy not only clarifies Boyle's argument but also places it within a wider dialectic about matter and teleology. I then contrast the parallel arguments of Boyle and John Ray on the question of whether metals have divine purposes and show that the difference is explained by Boyle's belief in the transmutation of metals.     

火焰原子吸收分光光度法测定地表水中铜含量的不确定度评定

根据GB 7475—87《水质铜、锌、铅、镉的测定火焰原子吸收分光光度法》建立地表水样测定的数学模型,并根据JJF 1059.1—2012《测量不确定度评定与表示》的要求,计算测量过程中的不确定度分量,最终得出扩展不确定度.经检测计算,该地表水样品中的铜含量为1.53 mg/L,其扩展不确定度为0.036 mg/L,包含因子k=2,地表水样品中铜含量的测量结果应报告为(1.53±0.036) mg/L, k=2.结果表明,火焰原子吸收分光光度法测定地表水样中铜含量的不确定度主要来源于标准曲线拟合、标准溶液配制和样品重复测量.     

轴外物点理想成像的条件

用费马原理证明了轴外物点理想成像的条件     

小波分析在1-10TeV宇宙线气象效应研究中的应用

利用小波变换,结合折叠周期分析方法,对羊八井宇宙线观测站TibetASγ阵列1997年11月到1998年6月的实验记录数据进行周期分析,发现了气象参量,包括观测面处大气压和室外温度的日变化和半日变化.接下来的关联分析表明:宇宙线流强的周期变化与气压和温度的周期变化显著相关.     

天然铅及其同位素全套中子核反应数据的理论计算

用球形光学模型和核反应多步过程的半经典理论，计算了入射能量在1.0keV-20MeV的中子与^204Pb，^206Pb,^207Pb,^206Pb，和^NatPb相互作用的全套核反应数据，计算结果与评价实验数据比较，符合较好。     

Construction of Realistic Scene in Virtual Turning Based on Global Illumination Model and Chip Simulation

With the rapid development of manufacturing technology, the traditional simulation of machining can not meet the people‘s need. Research on virtual machining environment is one of the key parts of virtual manufacturing technology. According to the features of virtual turning, this paper proposes a simplified Whitted lighting model based on analysis of Phong and other local illumination model. This model takes the material and roughness of workpiece into account to calculate the roughness coefficient D, geom...     

氢化物发生-原子荧光法测定菊花和大云中的铅

应用AFS—2202a型双道原子荧光分光光度计和断续流动的氢化物发生技术，采用HNO3-H2O2酸性体系和高压釜消解样品，对样品中的铅含量进行了测定。同时，研究了光电管负高压、灯电流、屏蔽气和载气流量、载流的选择、酸度等对实验的影响。在选定实验条件下，铅的检出限为0．08μg／L，标准物质桃叶(GBW08501)的验证结果与推荐值一致，相对标准偏差为1．9％。该方法简便、快速、灵敏，对于实际中药样品的测定得到了满意的结果。     

石墨探针收集,GPFAAS测定APM中痕量铝

一定规格的多孔石墨探针可在一特制的过滤装置中直接收集大气微粒物质(APM),通过石墨探针炉原子吸收光谱(GPFAAS)直接测定其中痕量铝的含量。采用基体改良剂Mg(NO_3)_2,含量低于2.5ng,吸光度(峰面积方式)低于0.25的铝,其分析校正曲线显示良好的线性且无记忆效应发生。采用本法测定标准参比材料(SRM 1604,城市微粒物质),铝的回收率为101％,相对标准偏差为3.8％,测定实验室大气微粒物质中铝的含量为749ng/m~3,相对标准偏差为8.1％。     

The contents of the pygidial gland of the primitive antNothomyrmecia macrops (Hymenoptera:Formicidae)

Summary The principal constituent of the pygidial gland ofNothomyrmecia macrops is 3,7-dimethyloct-6-en-2-one, a substance not previously identified in insects. Also identified were 2,6-dimethylhept-5-enal, 2-nonanone, indole, -dodecalactone, and the hydrocarbons pentadecane, heptadecane, heptadecene and heptadecadiene, all in low nanogram quantities.