‎CLAUSIUS (R.)‎
‎Théorie mécanique de la chaleur traduite de l'allemand par F. Folie -- PREMIERE EDITION FRANCAISE -- 2 VOLUMES (COMPLETE SET)‎

‎P., Lacroix, 1868/1869; 2 volumes in 8, pleine toile verte de l'éditeur, (quelques rousseurs), T.1 : 24pp., 441pp., T.2 : (2), 6pp., 306pp., (1)‎

Reference : 5710

‎---- PREMIERE EDITION FRANCAISE ---- RARE ---- REUNION EN DEUX VOLUMES DE TOUS LES ARTICLES que Clausius a publié sur la THERMODYNAMIQUE, la THEORIE CINETIQUE et L'ELECTRICITE ---- "Clausius, (1822/1888), is one of the founders of the science of thermodynamics. In 1850 he enunciated its second law : heat cannot pass from a colder to a hotter body. According to Clausius, there are two types of entropy : the conversion of heat into work, and the transfer of heat from high to low temperature. He concluded that entropy must inevitably increase in the universe. He also improved the mathematical treatment of the first law of thermodynamics and studied the relationship between thermodynamics and kinetic theory. From 1857 onwards, he did important work on the kinetic theory of gases as well as on the theory of electrolysis". (Hutchinson) ---- DSB III pp. 303/310**5710/ARM2D+7474/M2‎