Royal Bohemian Society of Sciences was established in 1784 – originally without the adjective "royal" – which was granted as late as in 1790 by King and Emperor Leopold II – to be the scientific cente
Societas Scientiarum Bohemica
Festive audience of the Society members with the Emperor Leopold II, 1790
Jan Evangelista Purkyně
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Jan Evangelista Purkyně was a Czech anatomist and physiologist. In 1839, he coined the term "protoplasma" for the fluid substance of a cell. He was one of the best known scientists of his time. Such w
Royal Bohemian Society of Sciences
…of Prague University Observatory, Joseph Stepling. Later it was headed by historian and politician František Palacký. As early as 1861–1863 anatomist Jan Evangelista Purkyně proposed in his treatise Academia the establishment of an autonomous non-university scientific institution associating research institutes representing…
Purkyně in 1856
Purkinje effect: simulated appearance of a red geranium and foliage in normal bright-light (photopic) vision, dusk (mesopic) vision, and night (scotopic) vision
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