Abstract
THE second law of thermodynamics has had a curious history. It originated out of attempts to estimate the motive power of fire, it subsequently led to the notion of the thermodynamical potential, this in turn gave birth to the phase rule, and now it is in the domain of chemistry that the law obtains its most fertile applications. Prof. Duhem has already published a treatise in four volumes on thermodynamic chemistry, which has been reviewed in these columns (c Traite elementaire de Mocanique chimique fondle surle Thermodynamique. Paris, 1897-99), Dut a de-mand has arisen among chemists for a more elementary treatise, assuming but little knowledge of mathematics. As the author points out, the philosopher, the mathematician, the physicist and the chemist-he might have added the engineer-require separate treatises> on thermodynamics.
Thermodynantique et Chimie. Leçons élémentaires à l'usage des Chimistes.
Par P. Duhem. Pp. ix + 496. (Paris: A. Hermann, 1902.) Price 12s.
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B., G. Thermodynantique et Chimie Leçons élémentaires à l'usage des Chimistes . Nature 67, 366 (1903). https://doi.org/10.1038/067366b0
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