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Tag: Marquise of Chatelet

Engines Podcast

Engines of Our Ingenuity 1732: E. M. Forster & Thermodynamics

Dr. John Lienhard

Posted on August 19, 2019 · Episode: 1732 E. M. Forster thinks about Emilie du Chatelet, Voltaire, and Thermodynamics. Today, E. M Forster, Voltaire, and thermodynamics.

Tags caloric Emile de Bretieul Enlightment French Revolution literature Marquise of Chatelet mechanical theory of heat phlogiston physics thermodynamics Voltaire

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