Book ID: CBB000049969

Robert Mayer and the conservation of energy (1993)

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Caneva, Kenneth L. (Author)


Princeton University Press


Publication Date: 1993
Physical Details: xxiii + 439 pp.; notes; bibl.; index

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Authors & Contributors
Osietzki, Maria
Caneva, Kenneth L.
Hermann, Armin
Mayer, Julius Robert
Heimann, P. M.
Hutchison, Keith
Journals
Bulletin for the History of Chemistry
Bild der Wissenschaft
Historical Studies in the Physical Sciences
Centaurus: International Magazine of the History of Mathematics, Science, and Technology
Technikgeschichte: Beiträge zur Geschichte der Technik und Industrie
Archives of Natural History
Publishers
Stadtarchiv
Yale University
Temple University
West Virginia University
MIT Press
Concepts
Conservation of energy (physical concept)
Physics
Thermodynamics
Geology
Maps; atlases
Matter theory
People
Mayer, Julius Robert von
Joule, James Prescott
Helmholtz, Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von
Popper-Lynkeus, Josef
MacCulloch, John
Mittasch, Alwin
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
18th century
Places
British Isles
Central Europe: Germany, Austria, Switzerland
Germany
Jamaica (Caribbean)
United States
South Carolina (U.S.)
Institutions
Royal Society (Great Britain). European Science Exchange Programme
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