He wanted to disprove spontaneous generation; that micro organisms were not carried by air, but were deposited from dust.
The namesake of pasteurization, Louis Pasteur, did so. The process however was used in China beforehand without modern microbiological knowledge.
Louis Pasteur invented pasteurization.
Benjamin Franklin's famous experiment took place on a cold evening in June Philadelphia.
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they learned about the based god
Instead of sealing the flask in the experimental group after boiling, Pasteur used a flask with a curved neck, which allowed air inside and outside the flask to mix but prevented microorganisms from entering the body of the flask.
The shape of the flask!
Pasteur
In 1864, Louis Pasteur, a French scientist, designed a flask that had a long curved neck to allow air, but not microorganisms, to enter the flask. To observe a small living organism, a scientist might use a compound light microscope.
Louis Pasteur
It showed that microorganisms can only enter the flask as airborne particles.
He demonstrated that new bacteria appeared in broth only when they were produced by living bacteria. The experiments of Redi and Pasteur helped to convince people that living things do not arise from nonliving material.
It showed that microorganisms can only enter the flask as airborne particles.
sealing of flask
Louis Pasteur with the S-shaped neck flask
A flask with two chambers. The contents are kept separate from each other until the experiment is set to begin. To mix the contents the flask is shaken.
Pasteur disproved Theory of spontaneous generation. (Cells came from non-living things)