1 4/2 and 4/8 are also simple quadruple. 2  Notice that a time signature in simple meter will always have a 2, 3, or 4 for the top number. 3  While beats in simple meter are divided into two notes, beats in compound meter are divided into three. 4  To demonstrate this, we will examine 6/8 time.
The Discovery and Isolation of Caffeine. Caffeine has been used as a medicinal and recreational drug since before recorded history, by consumption of caffeine bearing plants. However, the discovery of the chemical did not occur until a young physician called Friedlieb Ferdinand Runge isolated and purified the white crystalline substance in 1819.
Originally called theine, caffeine was first discovered in tea in 1827. It was later shown that the theine of tea was identical with the caffeine of coffee, and the term theine was then dropped. While the caffeine in tea and coffee are, technically, identical, the experience is different due to three key factors: