mechanical equivalent
81Copley Medal — The Copley Medal awarded to Mendeleev in 1905 …
82Joule, James Prescott — ▪ English physicist born December 24, 1818, Salford, Lancashire [now in Greater Manchester], England died October 11, 1889, Sale, Cheshire English physicist who established that the various forms of energy mechanical, electrical, and heat… …
83Joule — James P., British physicist, 1818–1889. See j., J. equivalent. * * * joule jü(ə)l n a unit of work or energy equal to the work done by a force of one newton acting through a distance of one meter Joule James Prescott (1818 1889) British physicist …
84Conjugate variables (thermodynamics) — For a more general mathematical discussion, see Conjugate variables. Thermodynamics …
85Units of energy — Because energy is defined via work, the SI unit for energy is the same as the unit of work ndash; the joule (J), named in honour of James Prescott Joule and his experiments on the mechanical equivalent of heat. In slightly more fundamental terms …
86Gibbs free energy — Thermodynamics …
87Disgregation — In the history of thermodynamics, disgregation was defined in 1862 by Rudolf Clausius as the magnitude of the degree in which the molecules of a body are separated from each other.[1] This term was modeled on certain passages in French physicist… …
88Absolute zero — For other uses, see Absolute Zero (disambiguation). Absolute zero is the theoretical temperature at which entropy reaches its minimum value. The laws of thermodynamics state that absolute zero cannot be reached using only thermodynamic means. A… …
89Timeline of thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and random processes — A timeline of events related to thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, and random processes. Ancient times *c. 3000 BC The ancients viewed heat as that related to fire. The ancient Egyptians viewed heat as related to origin mythologies. One… …
90Ludwig A. Colding — Ludwig August Colding (13 July, 1815 21 March, 1888) was a Danish civil engineer and physicist who articulated the principle of conservation of energy contemporaneouly with, and independently of, James Prescott Joule and Julius Robert von Mayer… …
