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Commentary on the Principles of Thermodynamics by Pierre Duhem
- Publisher: Springer
- Publication Date: 8 Jun. 2011
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 9400703120
- ISBN-13: 9789400703124
Book Description
Introduction.- Study of the Thermodynamic Works of J. Willard Gibbs (1887).- Part 1: An Examination of the two Principles of Thermodynamics.- Part 2: Historical Background and principal Applications of Gibbs’ Theory.- Commentary on the Principles of Thermodynamics.- Introduction.- Part 1: The Principle of the Conservation of Energy (1892).- Ch.I: Preliminary Definitions.- Ch.II: The Principles of the Conservation of Energy.- Ch. III: Work and the Quantity of Heat.- Part 2: The Principle of Sadi Carnot and R. Clausius (1893).- Ch.I: The Carnot Cycle and Reversible Changes.- Ch.II: Carnot’s Theorem and Absolute Temperature.- Ch.III: Entropy and Clausius’ Theorem.- Part 3: The General Equations of Thermodynamics (1894).- Ch. I: Properties of a System at Equilibrium.- Ch.II: Properties of a System in Motion.- Ch.III: Connections.- Ch.IV: Stability and Displacement of Equilibrium.- Conclusion.- Index
