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1822–1888 Germany

Rudolf Julius Emanuel Clausius (2 January 1822 –24 August 1888) was a German physicist and mathematician. He is considered one of the founders of the science of thermodynamics.

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The entropy of the universe tends to a maximum.

The Mechanical Theory of Heat (1867)

The energy of the universe is constant.

The Mechanical Theory of Heat (1867)

T is simply the absolute temperature.

The Mechanical Theory of Heat (1867)

Theorem of the equivalence of Heat and Work. ...Mechanical work may be transformed into heat, and conversely heat into work, the magnitude of the of the one being always proportional to that of the other.

The Mechanical Theory of Heat (1867)

When Q is negative... it will indicate that the quantity... transformed... from heat into work.

The Mechanical Theory of Heat (1867)

[A]ccording to Mariotte and Gay-Lussac's law,center|1=p = \frac{a+t}{v} \cdot \text{const}.

The Mechanical Theory of Heat (1867)

[T]he equation'is the analytical expression, for all reversible cyclical processes, of the second fundamental theorem in the mechanical theory of heat.

The Mechanical Theory of Heat (1867)

The more the universe approaches this limiting condition in which the entropy is maximum, the more do the occasions of further change diminish; and supposing this condition to be at last completely attained, no further change could evermore take place, and the universe would be in a state of unchanging death.

When the several changes are... such... that... the body returns to its original condition... these changes form a cyclical process, we haveand...

The Mechanical Theory of Heat (1867)

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