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Principles of the Theory of Heat

Historically and Critically Elucidated

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  • © 1986

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Authors:
  1. Ernst Mach
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Editors:
  1. Brian McGuinness
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Part of the book series: Vienna Circle Collection (VICC, volume 17)

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Table of contents (37 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Author’s Preface to the First Edition

    • Ernst Mach
    Pages 1-2

  3. Author’s Preface to the Second Edition (Excerpt)

    • Ernst Mach
    Pages 3-3

  4. Introduction

    • Ernst Mach
    Pages 5-6

  5. Historical Survey of the Development of Thermometry

    • Ernst Mach
    Pages 7-44

  6. Critical Discussion of the Conception of Temperature

    • Ernst Mach
    Pages 45-61

  7. On the Determination of High Temperatures

    • Ernst Mach
    Pages 62-66

  8. Names and Numbers

    • Ernst Mach
    Pages 67-72

  9. The Continuum

    • Ernst Mach
    Pages 73-78

  10. Historical Survey of the Theory of Conduction of Heat

    • Ernst Mach
    Pages 79-112

  11. The Development of the Theory of Conduction of Heat

    • Ernst Mach
    Pages 113-120

  12. Historical Survey of the Theory of Radiation of Heat

    • Ernst Mach
    Pages 121-141

  13. Review of the Development of the Theory of Radiation of Heat

    • Ernst Mach
    Pages 142-145

  14. Historical Survey of the Development of Calorimetry

    • Ernst Mach
    Pages 146-170

  15. Criticism of Calorimetric Conceptions

    • Ernst Mach
    Pages 171-181

  16. The Calorimetric Properties of Gases

    • Ernst Mach
    Pages 182-195

  17. The Development of Thermodynamics. Carnot’s Principle

    • Ernst Mach
    Pages 196-223

  18. The Development of Thermodynamics. The Principle of Mayer and Joule. The Principle of Energy

    • Ernst Mach
    Pages 224-250

  19. The Development of Thermodynamics. Unifying the Principles

    • Ernst Mach
    Pages 251-281

  20. Concise Development of the Laws of Thermodynamics

    • Ernst Mach
    Pages 282-286
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xi should hope for "first and foremost" from any historical investigation, including his own, was that "it may not be too tedious. " II That hope is generally realized in Mach's historical writings, most of which are as lively and interesting now as they were when they appeared. Mach did not follow any existing model of historical or philosophical or scientific exposition, but went at things his own way combining the various approaches as needed to reach the goals he set for himself. When he is at his best we get a sense of the Mach whom William James met on a visit to Prague, the Mach whose four hours of "unforgettable conversation" gave the forty year old, well traveled James the strongest "impression of pure intellectual genius" he had yet received, and whose "absolute simplicity of manner and winningness of smile" captivated him completely. 12 Consider, for example, the first few chapters of this book, Principles of the Theory of Heat, which Mach devotes to the notion of temperature, that most fundamental of all thermal concepts. He begins by trying to trace the path that leads from our sensations of hot and cold to a numerical temperature scale.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Principles of the Theory of Heat

  • Book Subtitle: Historically and Critically Elucidated

  • Authors: Ernst Mach

  • Editors: Brian McGuinness

  • Series Title: Vienna Circle Collection

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4622-4

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: D. Reidel Publishing Company, Dordrecht, Holland 1986

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-90-277-2206-5Published: 31 October 1986

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-8554-0Published: 13 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-4622-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXII, 458

  • Additional Information: Originally published in German

  • Topics: History, general, History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics

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