When thousands of engines had been illustrating for some time the impossibility of utilising all the heat disengaged by a given amount of burnt fuel, then came the second law of Clausius.
Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin: “When thousands of engines had been illustrating for some time the impossibility of utilising all the heat disengaged by…”
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Kropotkin illustrates how practical experiences in industry led to the formulation of scientific laws.
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