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Smith, C.W. William Thomson and the creation of thermodynamics: 1840–1855.Arch. Rational Mech. 16, 231–288 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00328156

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• Received: 01 July 1976
• Issue Date: September 1977
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00328156