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
Surapaneni Nageswara Rao
Surapaneni Nageswara Rao, Indian entomologist (1924 – 1995) DESCRIBED INSECTA TAXA Diptera Genera Amraemyia 1950 Apamargamyia 1978 with Sharma Bothriochloamyia 1977 with Sharma Coronostoma 1958 Diplodontomyia 1951 Globocephalonema 1987 with Anand Haplusiella 1952 Mohwadiplosis 1957 Neohaplusia 1951 Neoprotoplonyx 1952 Species Over 35 Hymenoptera Species At least 15
Sundararaman Ramanan
Sundararaman Ramanan, Indian mathematician (Thiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu State 20 July 1936 – Expert on algebraic geometry With M.S. Narasimhan proved the existence of universal connections in differential geometry (1961-3) Showed that moduli space of vector bundles on an algebraic curve has the same local deformation space as that of the curve Gave a method of identifying the local deformations of moduli and a phenomenon of non-existence of Poincaré families for some of moduli spaces in low genus Proved that irreducible homogenous bundles on rational homogeneous varieties are stable (1966) Explained Capelli identity in terms of an element of the universal enveloping algebra of the linear group Described the moduli space of rank 2 vector bundles over hyperelliptic curves With Beauvifie & Narasimhan verified Verlinde formula at first level With A. Ramanathan proved the normality of Schubert ad flag varieties EPONYMY Ramanan-Ramanathan theorem Adler-Ramanan-Klein bundle Paranjape-Ramanan conjecture Narasimhan-Ramanan moduli space Newstead-Ramanan conjecture Ramanan theorem Narasimhan-Ramanan theorem Narasimhan-Ramanan parameterization Narasimhan-Ramanan singular curves Narasimhan-Ramanan invariants Narasimhan-Ramanan-Verra map Desale-Ramanan relation