Theodoro Augusto Ramos
Theodoro Augusto Ramos, Brazilian mathematician and engineer (São Paulo 26 June 1895 – Rio de Janeiro 05 December 1937) Proposed representation of two-variable sum functions by Weierstrass double integral Sobre as funcções de variáveis reaes. Doctoral thesis, Escola Politécnica do Rio de Janeiro (1918) Explained hydrogen spectrum bands using Relativity Theory independent from Sommerfeld A theoria da Relatividade e as Raias Espectraes do Hydrogenio. Revista Polytechnica 74:181-88, 1923 Sobre a estrutura do Espectro das raias do Hydrogenio. Revista Polytechnica 78-9:503-7, 1923 His work Integrais definidas das funções discontínuas (1926) received a laudation from French mathematician Emile Borel In this work Named Mensurable functions to a one additive set function Established a necessary and sufficient condition for which is finite the corresponding potential to a mass distribution with quasi-periodic characters A propósito das notas dos srs. Borel e Amoroso Costa. Rev. Acad. Bras. Sci. 1:74-5, 1926 His book Leçons sur Le Calcul Vetoriel (1930) was regarded as a valuable didactic work from European circles and in particular from Italian mathematician Tullio Levi-Civita SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Nota sobre as curvas esphericas reversas. Rev. Did. Escola Polit. Rio de Janeiro 12:75-8, 1918 Nota sobre uma formula de interpretação. Rev. Did. Escola Polit. Rio de Janeiro 14:65-70, 1918 Notas sobre a fórmula de Stokes e de Ostrogradsky. Rev. Sciencias 4(3):95-6, 1920 Sobre um problema de estabilidade. Rev. Bras. Eng. 4(5):265-70, 1922 Sobre um problema de equilibrio estático. Rev. Ciencia 6:8-9, 1922 Applicação do calculo vetorial ao estudo do movimento de um ponto material sobre uma superfície rugosa e fixa em um meio resistente. Annaes Acad. Bras. Sci. 5(4):175-200, 1933 Sobre a representação approximada de uma integral hyperelliptica (1933) Algumas propriedades de uma integral hyperelliptica. Annaes Acad. Bras. Sci. 4(3):123-4, 1934
Thekkepat Ramakrishnan
Thekkepat Ramakrishnan, Indian biochemist (Bangalore 14 March 1922 – Bangalore 15 February 2008) Elucidated the metabolism and molecular biology of Mycobacteria Elucidated the mechanism of action of antitubercle drugs like isoniazid, streptomycin and rifampicin First reported the enzyme isocitrate lyase Isolated the first transducing phage for Mycobacteria Proposed RNA polymerase of Mycobacterium tuberculosis as a good target for devising new drugs
Teodoro Rojas
Teodoro Rojas Vera, Paraguayan botanist and plant collector (Asunción 25 September 1877 – Asunción 03 September 1954) SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY Catalogo de las gramineas del Herbario del Jardín Botanico de Asunción (1944) Los algarrobos del Paraguay. Darwiniana 5:276-9, 1941 Observaciones sobre las “cañas tacuaras” del Paraguay. Rev. Arg. Agron. 3(4):254-6, 1936 With K. Fiebrig. Flora y gea del Nordeste de Paraguay (1935) With K. Fiebrig. Ensayo fitogeográfico sobre el Chaco Boreal. Rev. Jard. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paraguay (1933) Maderas del Paraguay. Bol. Tierras y Colonias (1925) With M. Michalowski, K. Fiebrig & J. Vogt. Las arboles y arbustos del Paraguay. Rev. Jard. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paraguay 3 (1924) Herbario del Jardín Botanico del Paraguay. Rev. Jard. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paraguay 2:154-92, 1923 Las monocotiledôneas (1923) Las pteridofitas (1922) Herbario del Jardín Botanico del Paraguay. Rev. Jard. Bot. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paraguay 1:145-63, 1921 With G. Schouten. Las utricularias o lentibularias del Paraguay. Rev. Soc. Sci. Paraguay 4(1):7-9, With J.P. Carabia. Breve reseña de la vegetación paraguaya HONORS Rojasia Malme 1907 (Asclepiadaceae) LINKS http://www.qui.una.py/botanicafcq/Vol%207%20(1)%202005/Schinini%20Rojasiana%207_1.pdf (in Spanish)
Teobaldo Ricaldoni
Teobaldo Julio Ricaldoni Saroldi, Uruguayan-born Argentine engineer, physicist and inventor (Montevideo 24 May 1861 or 1865 – La Plata, Buenos Aires Province 22 September 1923) From Italian parentage Brother of Americo Ricaldoni ACHIEVEMENTS IN ASTRONOMY Performed discoveries on Neptune and Pluto Predicted a Mercury moon in magmatic state INVENTIONS Wireless telegraph (1899) and its receiver A new system of wireless radial transmission Panoramoscope, a new periscope system (1908) A new design of parachute Propelling system for navigation without wings or propellers Ornitoptero, a new design of helicopter A torpedoes deviation system Brush fire, a novel weapon design “Electric Cannon” Life buoy named El Salvator A novel submarine design that included other 27 additional inventions (1892) Ricaldoni switch (1899) and the transmitter, 2 communication devices A voltage reducing device (Ricaldoni reducer) Contact wheel between the cables and the trolley A vibrator A magnetic Cannon Numbered marks Motion trains communication Intellect Meter Can opener Hydraulic lift Oxygen bag and packaging Improvements in electric vibrators for telephone and telegraphy (1900)
Taracad Subramania Ramakrishnan
Taracad Subramania Ramakrishnan, Indian mycologist and plant pathologist (Malabar District, Madras 25 August 1899 – 02 December 1971) Authored over 85 papers Established efficient methods of control of most of the diseases affecting the rubber tree CONTRIBUTIONS With V. Seethalakshmi. Phytophthora cyperi-bulbosi sp.nov. on Cyperus bulbosus Vahl. Curr.Sci. 22:149-50, 1953 With N.V. Sundaram. A new rust of Antidesma in India. Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc. 35:26-8, 1952 Two new rusts from South India. Trans. Brit. Mycol. Soc. 34:141-5, 1951 With K.V. Srinivasan. On two new rust fungi. Curr. Sci. 19 (1):25-7, 1950 With K. Ramakrishnan. Chaconia tectonae Ramakrishnan T.S. & K. sp.nov. on teak. Indian Phytopathology 2:17-9, 1949 Uromyces acori Ramakrishnan & Rangaswami sp.nov. on Acorus calamus L. Curr. Sci. 17(8), 1948 With K. Ramakrishnan. A new rust on Dalbergia paniculata Roxb. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 26:60-3, 1947 With C.K. Soumini. A new rust on Premna tomentosa Willd. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. B 25:35-7, 1947 A leaf spot disease of Zingiber officinale caused by Phyllosticta zingiberi n.sp. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. Sect. B 20:167-71, 1942 A leafspot disease of Andropogon sorghum caused by Cercospora sorghi E & E. Mem. Dep. Agric. India Bot. Ser. 18:259-79, 1931 HONORS Ramakrishnanella Kamat & Ullasa 1970 (Fungi)
Taikyue Ree
Taikyue Ree, South Korean chemist (Yesan, Chungnam 26 January 1902 – 1992) Authored about 200 papers SOME BIBLIOGRAPHY With R.P. Smith, J.L. Magee & H. Eyring. The inductive effect and chemical reactivity. I. General Theory of the Inductive Effect and Application to Electric Dipole Moments of Haloalkanes. J Amer Chem Soc 73(5):2263-2268, 1951 With I. Higuchi & H. Eyring. Adsorption Kinetics. I. The system of alkali atoms on Tungsten. J Amer Chem Soc 77(19):4969-4975, 1955 With I. Higuchi & H. Eyring. Adsorption Kinetics. II. Nature of the Adsorption Bond. J Amer Chem Soc 79(6):1330-1337, 1957 With H. Eyring & N. Hirai. Significant structures in the liquid state. I Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci p. 683, 1958 With F. H. Ree & H. Eyring. Relaxation Theory of Transport Problems in Condensed Systems. Ind. Eng. Chem.50 (7):1036–1040, 1958 With T. Fueno & H. Eyring. Quantum-Mechanical Studies on Oxidation Potentials and Antioxidizing Action of Phenolic Compounds. J Phys Chem 63(11):1940-1948, 1959 With A.F. Gabrish, H. Eyring, N. Mckee & I. Cutler. Flow properties of Attapulgite Suspension in Water. Journal of Rheology 5(1):67-84, 1961 With T.R. Thomson & H. Eyring. Thermodynamic and physical properties of liquid fluorine as calculated by significant structure theory of liquids. J. Phys Chem. 67(12):2701-2705, 1963 With F.H. Ree & H. Eyring. Relaxation theory of creep of metals: Am. Soc. Civil. Engineers Trans.128:1321-1339, 1963 With T.S. Ree & H. Eyring. Significant Structure Theory of Transport Phenomena. J. Phys. Chem. 68(11):3262-3267, 1964 With T.S. Ree & H. Eyring. Comparison of Various Liquid Theories with the Significant Structure Theory. J. Phys. Chem. 68(5):1163-1168, 1964 With T.S. Ree, H. Eyring & R. Perkins. The Reduced Thermodynamic Functions for the Significant Structure Theory of Simple Liquids. J. Phys. Chem. 69(10):3322-3328, 1965 With M.S. Jhon, J. Grosh & H. Eyring. The Significant Structure Theory Applied to the Hydrides of Elements of the Fifth Group. J. Phys. Chem. 70(5):1591-1594, 1966 With D. Chae & F.H. Ree. Radial distribution functions and equation of state of the hard-disk fluid. Chem. Physics 50(4):1581-1589, 1969 With F.H. Ree & Y. T. Lee. Distribution function of Classical Fluids of Hard Spheres. II. J. Chem. Physics 55(1):234-245, 1971 With F. H. Ree. Statistical Mechanics of the Parallel Hard squares in Canonical Ensemble. J. Chem. Physics 56(11): 5434-5444, 1972 With Y. Ueharab & F.H. Ree. Radial distribution function for hard disks from the BGY2 theory. J Chem Physics 70(4):1876-1883, 1979 With Y. Ueharab, Y-T. Lee & F.H. Ree. Triplet distribution functions for hard spheres and hard disks. J. Chem. Physics 70(4):1884-1893, 1979 With H.K. Shin. On the use of ladder operators in simultaneous VV and VT transitions at high collision energies. J. Chem. Physics 73(4):1702-1705, 1980 With K. T. No, H. Chon & M.S. Jhon. Theoretical studies on acidity and site selectivity of cations in faujasite zeolite. J. Chem. Physics 85(14):2065-2070, 1981 With K. Yoon, D.G. Chae & F.H. Ree. Computer simulation of a grand canonical ensemble of rodlike molecules. J. Chem. Physics 74(2):1412-1423, 1981 With Y.S. Lee, D.G. Chae & F.H. Ree. Computer simulations of a continuous system with a hard-core interaction in the grand canonical ensemble. J. Chem. Physics 74(12):6881-6887, 1981 With S.H.Jeon & I.J. Oh. The role of attractive force on the behavior of a polymer chain in solution. J. Chem. Physics 87(15):2890-2894, 1983 With J. B. Ree & H.K. Shin. Vibration-vibration energy exchange in iodine molecules. J. Chem. Physics 78(3):1163-1173, 1983 With J. Sohn. Surface studies of polystyrene-poly(methyl methacrylate) diblock copolymers precipitated by different precipitants J. Appl. Polymer Sci. (1984) With I.J. Oh. Effect of the rotational potential on the behavior of an n-decane chain in solution. J. Chem. Physics 88(20):4697-4700, 1984 With H.S. Kang, C.S. Lee et al. A perturbation theory of classical equilibrium fluids. J. Chem. Physics 82(1):414-423, 1985 With H.K. Shin. Exact classical calculations of vibrational energy transfer in a Morse oscillator. J. Chem. Physics 84(10):5545-5552, 1986 With H.S. Kang & F.H. Ree. A perturbation theory of classical solids. J. Chem. Physics 84(8):4547-4557, 1986 With J.H. Kim & F.H. Ree. High-pressure equations of state of krypton and xenon by a statistical mechanical theory. J. Chem. Physics 91(5):3133-3147, 1989 With Y. Choi & F.H. Ree. Hard-sphere radial distribution functions for face-centered cubic and hexagonal close-packed phases: Representation and use in a solid-state perturbation theory. J. Chem. Physics 95(10):7548-7561, 1991 With Y. Choi & F.H. Ree. Phase diagram of a Lennard-Jones solid. J. Chem. Physics 99(12): 9917-9919, 1993 With Y. Choi & F. H. Ree. Crystal stability of heavy-rare gas solids on the melting line. Physical Review B 48(5):2988-2991, 1993 HONORS Nobel Prize nominee EPONYMY Ree-Eyring viscosity Ree-Eyring fluid Ree-Eyring model Ree-Eyring constitutive equation