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.     

La$_{{1-x}}$Sr$_{x}$TiO$_{3}$ 薄膜的高通量 X 射线衍射

高通量材料合成方法和高通量材料表征手段区别于传统低效率的 "试错法"材料发展方法, 极大地加速了材料科学的变革和发展. 通过设计程序进行了高通量 X 射线衍射实验, 在保证数据分辨率条件下, 高效地表征了 La$_{1-x}$Sr$_{x}$TiO$_{3}$ 薄膜上多个数据位点的晶体结构, 验证了其成分的连续变化性质, 为后续开展更多类型的高通量 X 射线衍射实验提供了指导.     

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.     

光栅衍射实验中一个不容忽视的环节

针对光栅衍射实验中出现的操作问题,简述了仪器调节不满足计算公式成立的条件时,引起的测量误差,并给出了正确的做法。     

利用非相干光制造凹面衍射光栅

本给出利用非相干照明光栅干涉仪制造凹面衍射光栅的基本原理和方法，并报告初步实验结果。     

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。     

用CCD测量单缝宽度的一种实验室方法

根据单缝夫琅和费衍射原理 ,介绍利用CCD测单缝宽度的一种实验室方法 ,并对测量误差等问题进行了讨论     

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...