1842 ⟶ Conservation of Energy Proposed by Multiple Scientists
43 – William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin and Julius von Mayer:...
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💥 Thomas Young: Kinetic Energy
🧪 Hess's Law: Conservation of Energy in Chemical Processes
Germain Hess proposes Hess's law, an early statement of the law of conservation of energy, which establishes that energy changes in a chemical process depend only on the states of the starting and product materials and not on the specific pathway taken between the two states.⟶
ChemistryThermodynamicsEnergyConservation of EnergyHess's LawGermain Hess19th CenturyChemical Reactions
Switzerland💡 Conservation of Energy Proposed by Multiple Scientists
PhysicsEnergyConservation of EnergyWilliam ThomsonJulius von MayerThermodynamics19th CenturyScientific Discovery
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Germany🔥 Conservation of Energy and First Law of Thermodynamics Established
James Prescott Joule: Law of Conservation of energy (First law of thermodynamics), also 1847 – Helmholtz, Conservation of energy.⟶
PhysicsThermodynamicsEnergyConservation of EnergyJames Prescott JouleHermann von Helmholtz19th CenturyFirst Law of Thermodynamics
United KingdomGermany🔥 Conservation of Energy Continued
Hermann von Helmholtz & James Prescott Joule: Conservation of Energy 2⟶
PhysicsThermodynamicsEnergyConservation of EnergyHermann von HelmholtzJames Prescott Joule19th CenturyFirst Law of Thermodynamics
GermanyUnited Kingdom⚙️ William Thomson and Rudolf Clausius propose the Second Law of Thermodynamics
ThermodynamicsSecond LawEntropyLord KelvinRudolf ClausiusPhysics19th Century
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