“Ring the Bell and Win a Cigar“: Some Early Experiments on the Measurement of Human Strength in Port Jackson and Van Diemen's Land
1978; Wiley; Volume: 2; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês
10.5694/j.1326-5377.1978.tb131444.x
ISSN1326-5377
Autores Tópico(s)Australian Indigenous Culture and History
ResumoThe first medical research formally undertaken on Australian soil was a series of experiments to test different factors which might modify ruscular power. The experiments were conducted by Francois Peron, a Parisian doctor and naturalist, who travelled with Baudin's French scientific expedition to Nouvelle Hollande and Terre de Diemen. Peron used a dynamometer, an instrument for measuring strength. He conducted his experiments at Port Jackson, and at Maria Island (in Van Diemen's Land) in 1902. The basis for the experiments, an account of the equipment used, and the results are presented together for the first time.
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