212.326.8907
The Manhattan Rare Book Company
 
 
 
CLAUSIUS, RUDOLF. Ueber die bewegende Kraft der Wärme und die Gesetze, welche sich daraus für die Wärme selbst ableiten lassen

FIRST EDITION of Clausius's landmark 1850 paper on the mechanical nature of heat; the identification and first statement of the second law of thermodynamics: "the most universal regulator of natural activity known to science."
$4,600.00    (photos & details)
 
Catalogs & Newsletters
General Information