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Robert Mayer and the Conservation of Energy

Robert Mayer and the Conservation of Energy( )
Author: Caneva, Kenneth L.
Series title:Princeton Legacy Library
ISBN:978-0-691-08758-0
Publication Date:May 1993
Publisher:Princeton University Press
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $72.50
Book Description:

The principle of the conservation of energy was among the most important developments of nineteenth-century physics, and Robert Mayer, a physician from a small city in Germany, was one of its codiscoverers. As ship's doctor on a voyage to the Dutch East Indies in 1840, Mayer noticed that the venous blood he let from a European seaman was lighter than he expected. This observation set off a train of reflections that led him first to conclude that there must be a quantitative...
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Book Details
Pages:464
Detailed Subjects: Science / Energy
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):6.24 x 9.438 x 0.484 Inches
Book Weight:1.875 Pounds



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