Lessons On Thermodynamics (1878)

Excerpt From Lessons On Thermodynamics. The Substance Of The Following Lessons Formed A Course Of Lectures On Thermodynamics Which Were Delivered At The Clarendon Laboratory Oxford In Hilary Term 1876. They Have Been Revised And Are Now Published In The Hope Of Supplying A Complete English Mathematical Introduction To The Dynamical Theory Of Heat. No Such Treatise Exists At Present Professor Rankine'S Manual Of Me Steam-Engine Ana' Oz/Zer Prime Movers Being Written For The Use Chie?y Of Practical Engineers Contains Only A Short Sketch Of The Subject; Professor Tait'S Tkermodyaamz'Es Gives Very Valuable Information As To The History Of The Theory And Its Place In The General Science Of Energy But Is Too Brief For The Wants Of The Student; And Professor Clerk Maxwell In His T/Zeory Of Heal Has Not Gone Far Into The Mathematical Development Though In Other Respects The Work Is Most Valuable And Perhaps The Most Suggestive That Has Been Written On The Subject. To This Last Book The Present Writer Owes His First Knowledge Of Thermodynamics And Takes This Opportunity Of Acknowledging His Great Obligations To It.. About The Publisher. Forgotten Books Publishes Hundreds Of Thousands Of Rare And Classic Books. Find More At Www.Forgottenbooks.Com. This Book Is A Reproduction Of An Important Historical Work. Forgotten Books Uses State-Of-The-Art Technology To Digitally Reconstruct The Work Preserving The Original Format Whilst Repairing Imperfections Present In The Aged Copy. In Rare Cases An Imperfection In The Original Such As A Blemish Or Missing Page May Be Replicated In Our Edition. We Do However Repair The Vast Majority Of Imperfections Successfully; Any Imperfections That Remain Are Intentionally Left To Preserve The State Of Such Historical Works.