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Dewey Class	536.7
Title	The Tragicomical History of Thermodynamics, 1822–1854 ([EBook]) / by Clifford Ambrose Truesdell.
Author	Truesdell, Clifford Ambrose , 1919-2000
Other name(s)	SpringerLink (Online service)
Publication	New York, NY : Springer , 1980.
Physical Details	372 pages : online resource.
Series	Studies in the history of mathematics and physical sciences 0172-570X ; ; 4
ISBN	9781461394440
Contents note	1. The Producer’s Apology to the Spectators -- Notation -- Symbols Frequently Used -- 2. The Common Inheritance -- 2A The Thermal Equation of State -- 2B The Theory of Sound in Aeriform Fluids -- 2C The Doctrine of Latent and Specific Heats -- 3. Prologue: Laplace, Biot, and Poisson -- 3A Biot, and Poisson’s First Attempt -- 3B Critique of Biot’s Theory -- 3C Laplace’s Theory of Sound and Heat -- 3D Poisson’s Second Treatment -- 3E Meikle’s Claim -- 3F Critique of Laplace’s and Poisson’s Theories. Correction of Meikle’s Claim -- 4. Act I. Workless Dissipation: Fourier -- 4A Fourier’s Predecessor: Biot -- 4B Fourier’s Program -- 4C Fourier’s Premisses Regarding Specific Heat and Temperature -- 4D Critique of Fourier’s Premisses -- 4E Fourier’s Concept of the Flux of Heat, and his General Differential Equation and Boundary Condition -- 4F Critique of Fourier’s Concepts and Methods -- 4G Fourier’s Theory of the Conduction of Heat in Fluids -- 4H Critique of Fourier’s Theory of the Conduction of Heat in Fluids -- 4I Fourier’s Bequest -- 5. Act II. Dissipationless Work: Carnot -- 5A The General Quality of Carnot’s Treatise -- 5B Standard Concepts and Assumptions Used by Carnot -- 5C The Carnot Cycle -- 5D Carnot’s Claim that Carnot Cycles Attain Maximum Efficiency -- 5E Formal Statement and Critique of Carnot’s Claim of Maximum Efficiency -- 5F Carnot’s Claim that the Efficiency of Carnot Cycles is Universal -- 5G Formal Statement and Elucidation of Carnot’s Claim of Universal Efficiency -- 5H Critique of Carnot’s Argument to Support Universal Efficiency -- 5I Carnot’s General and Special Axioms -- 5J Critique of Carnot’s General and Special Axioms. Scholia I-III. “Carnot’s function” -- 5K Carnot’s Treatment of his Cycle -- 5L Critique of Carnot’s Treatment of his Cycle. Scholion IV -- 5M Critique: Interconvertibility of Heat and Work as Implied by Carnot’s Theory. Proof that Carnot’s Cycles are Indeed the Most Efficient -- 5N Critique: Dimensional Invariance of Carnot’s Theory -- 5O Carnot’s Numerical Evaluation of the Motive Power of Heat -- 5P Critique of Carnot’s Numerical Evaluation of the Motive Power of Heat -- 5Q Carnot’s Theory of Specific Heats -- 5R Critique of Carnot’s Theory of Specific Heats -- 5S Carnot’s Attempts to Determine his Function F -- 5T Critique: Carnot’s Dilemma -- 5U Carnot’s Bequest -- 6. Distracting Interlude: Clapeyron and Duhamel -- 6A Confusion by Awkward Variables: Clapeyron -- 6B Confusion by Linearizing Everything: Duhamel -- 7. Act III. Equivalence, Conservation, Interconvertibility: When and of What? -- 7A Critique: What Did Janus See in 1842? -- 7B Mayer’s Assertion -- 7C Preliminary Critique of Mayer’s Assertion -- 7D Holtzmann’s Assertion -- 7E Preliminary Critique of Holtzmann’s Assertion -- 7F Helmholtz’s Weakest Work -- 7G Joule’s Summary of his Early Experiments -- 7H The Bittersweet Indian Summer of the Caloric Theory: Kelvin’s First Paper -- 7I General Critique: Interconvertibility in 1849 -- 8. Act IV. Internal Energy: The First Paper of Clausius. Entropy: The First Paper of Rankine -- 8A Clausius’ Physical Concepts and Assumptions -- 8B Logical Content of Clausius’ First Paper -- 8C Critique: The Achievement of Clausius’ First Paper -- 8D Critique of Clausius’ Reasoning -- 8E Clausius’ Comparisons with Experimental Data -- 8F Critique: Clausius’ Bequest -- 8G Rankine’s First Paper -- 8H Critique of Rankine’s First Paper -- 9. Distracting Interlude: Explosion of Print -- 9A Rankine’s Second Paper -- 9B A Late Re-entrance, Stumbling: Kelvin’s Second Paper -- 9C A Voice Crying in the Wilderness: Reech’s Return to First Principles -- 9D Kelvin’s Analysis of the Joule-Thomson Effect and Subsidiary Details -- Appendix by C.-S. Man: The Joule-Thomson Experiment -- 9E Rankine’s Further Effusions -- 9F Kelvin’s Analysis of the “Anomalous” Behavior of Water -- 9G General Critique: The Disastrous Effects of Experiment upon the Development of Thermodynamics, 1812–1853 -- 10. Schismatic Act V. Antiplot in a Dark and Empty Theatre: Reech’s Discovery of a Too General Theory, and his Failure to Reduce It -- 10A Reech Discovers the Pro-entropy -- 10B Reech Generalizes the Internal Energy -- 10C Reech Introduces and Analyses the Thermodynamic Potentials -- 10D Reech’s General Theory of Specific Heats -- 10E Critique: the Fatal Failure of Reech’s Analysis -- Appendix: The Later Work of Reech -- Postscript on maximum efficiency -- 11. Orthodox Act V. Clausius’ Second Paper: Absolute Temperatures, Irreversibility, and Oracling -- 11A Kelvin’s Remarks on Dissipation -- 11B Kelvin’s Absolute Temperatures -- 11C Clausius’Two “Laws” of Thermodynamics -- 11D Clausius’ Equivalence-Value of a Transformation -- 11E Clausius’ Application to the Doctrine of Latent and Specific Heats -- 11F Clausius’Remarks on Irreversible Processes -- 11G Clausius’ Determination of His Universal Function T -- 11H Critique: Empirical and Absolute Temperatures -- 11I Critique: Clausius’”Laws” of Thermodynamics -- 11J Critique: Irreversible Processes -- Epilogue: Götterdämmerung -- Sources -- Index of Persons Mentioned -- Index of Matters Treated.
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Links to Related Works	Subject References: Mathematics . Mathematics, general . Physics . Theoretical, Mathematical and Computational Physics . Thermodynamics . Authors: Truesdell, Clifford Ambrose 1919-2000 . Truesdell, Clifford Ambrose, 1919-2000. . Corporate Authors: SpringerLink (Online service) . Series: Studies in the history of mathematics and physical sciences . Classification: 536.7 .

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