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Mechanical Equivalent of Heat

Mechanical Equivalent of Heat. Sir Benjamin Thompson (1753 – 1814). Work Heat. Count Rumford of the Holy Roman Empire. An Experimental Enquiry Concerning the Source of the Heat which is Excited by Friction (1798). Boil Water in ~2 hrs. Heat is not a Caloric.

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Mechanical Equivalent of Heat

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  1. Mechanical Equivalent of Heat Sir Benjamin Thompson (1753 – 1814) Work Heat Count Rumford of the Holy Roman Empire

  2. An Experimental Enquiry Concerning the Source of the Heat which is Excited by Friction (1798) • Boil Water in ~2 hrs. • Heat is not a Caloric. • Inexhautable source of Heat.

  3. Annalen der Chemie und Pharmacie (1842) 1 calorie = 3.56 Joule Julius Robert Mayer (1814 – 1878)

  4. On the mechanical equivalent of heat (1845) 1 calorie = 4.154 Joule James Prescott Joule (1818 – 1889)

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