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Re: Internal Energy





On Fri, 6 Dec 1996, Steve Houk wrote:

OK, I guess the list doesn't know who first wrote the First Law -- certainly
*I* don't have a clue, then how about "Internal Energy"?
Who first talked about internal energy -- by that name???
Can someone suggest a good comprehensive history-of-thermo book/article???
OK, can someone suggest a crumby (or is it crummy) history-of-thermo book????
TX
Jim Green
JMGreen@sisna.com

You might try "The Tragicomical History of Thermodynamics" by Clifford
Truesdell. It is not light reading but it is very enlightening.

Steve Houk


Also, _The Temperature of History_ by Stephen Brush.

-- Donald