Abstract
Thermodynamics opens with FOURIER’s Analytical Theory of Heat, published in 1822. FOURIER inferred a partial differential equation for the temperature corresponding to the conduction of heat in a rigid body.
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Truesdell, C. (1971). Fourier. In: The Tragicomedy of Classical Thermodynamics. International Centre for Mechanical Sciences, vol 70. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-2393-5_2
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