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==About me==

I am a PhD student [[History of Mathematics]] at the [[Vrije Universiteit]], [[Amsterdam]]. My research is concerned with nineteenth-century [[mathematics]] usage in [[mechanical engineering]] education at the [[TU Delft]], Delft (The Netherlands).

Feel free to point out pages on my talk page if you feel that I could contribute to them!

==My collection of links and other stuff==
The links found here are those of interest to me. They are by no means representative for any subject as a whole.

===Other stuff===

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* [[Caloric theory]]
* [[Thermodynamics]]
** [[Classical thermodynamics]]
* [[History of thermodynamics]]
** [[Timeline of thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and random processes]]
* People
** [[Sadi Carnot]]
** [[Rudolf Clausius]]
** [[James Joule]]
** [[William Rankine]]
** [[William Thomson]]
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* [[1808]] - [[John Dalton]] defends caloric theory in ''A New System of Chemistry'' and describes how it combines with matter, especially [[gas]]es; he proposes that the [[heat capacity]] of gases varies inversely with [[atomic weight]]
* [[1813]] - [[Peter Ewart]] supports the idea of the conservation of energy in his paper ''On the measure of moving force''; the paper strongly influences Dalton and his pupil, [[James Prescott Joule|James Joule]]
* [[1822]] - [[Joseph Fourier]] formally introduces the use of [[dimension]]s for physical quantities in his ''Theorie Analytique de la Chaleur''
* [[1824]] - [[Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot|Sadi Carnot]] analyzes the efficiency of [[steam engine]]s using caloric theory; he develops the notion of a [[reversible process]] and, in postulating that no such thing exists in nature, lays the foundation for the [[second law of thermodynamics]]
* [[1834]] - [[Émile Clapeyron]] popularises Carnot's work through a graphical and analytic formulation
* [[1843]] - [[James Joule]] experimentally finds the mechanical equivalent of heat
* [[1847]] - [[Hermann von Helmholtz]] publishes a definitive statement of the conservation of energy, the [[first law of thermodynamics]]
* [[1848]] - [[William Thomson]] extends the concept of absolute zero from gases to all substances
* [[1849]] - [[William John Macquorn Rankine]] calculates the correct relationship between [[saturation vapor pressure|saturated vapour pressure]] and [[temperature]] using his ''hypothesis of molecular vortices''
* [[1850]] - Rankine uses his ''vortex'' theory to establish accurate relationships between the temperature, [[pressure]], and [[density]] of gases, and expressions for the [[latent heat]] of [[evaporation]] of a [[liquid]]; he accurately predicts the surprising fact that the apparent [[specific heat]] of saturated [[steam]] will be negative.
* [[1850]] - [[Rudolf Clausius]] clarifies Carnot's statement of the Second Law; and establishes the importance of ''dQ/T'', but does not yet name the quantity.
* [[1852]] - Joule and Thomson demonstrate that a rapidly expanding gas cools, later named the [[Joule-Thomson effect]]
* [[1854]] - Rankine introduces his ''thermodynamic function'', later identified as [[entropy]]
* [[1857]] - Clausius gives a modern and compelling account of the kinetic theory of gases in his ''On the nature of motion called heat''
* [[1859]] - [[James Clerk Maxwell]] discovers the [[Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution|distribution law of molecular velocities]]
* [[1865]] - Clausius introduces the modern [[macroscopic]] concept of entropy
* [[1870]] - Clausius proves the scalar [[virial theorem]]
* [[1874]] - Thomson formally states the [[second law of thermodynamics]].
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