2013-2-27 Overview:History of Thermodynamics 。andceondlas6Mhemodnsmeemegen19s0a.tomote ord K cduced the concept of entropy. adi Camot卡话(1796-1832 James Prescott Joule/焦耳(1818-1889) Overview:History of Thermodynamics standeandlashemodnamesemergen195a.tiomvoe ot of entropy retica nea James Prescott Joule/焦耳(1818-1889) 102013-2-27 10 First and second laws of thermodynamics emerged in 1950s, from works of – Lord Kelvin/开尔文 (1824-1907): developed the Kelvin scale of absolute temperature measurement; firstly use thermodynamics in 1849. – William Rankine /朗肯 (1820-1872) : developed a complete theory of the steam engine and indeed of all heat engines. Write first thermodynamic textbook in 1859. – Rudolph Clausius/克劳修斯 (1822-1888): in 1850, first stated the basic ideas of the second law of thermodynamics. In 1865 he introduced the concept of entropy. Sadi Carnot/卡诺 (1796 –1832) James Prescott Joule /焦耳 (1818-1889) 19 Overview: History of Thermodynamics First and second laws of thermodynamics emerged in 1950s, from works of – Lord Kelvin/开尔文 (1824-1907): developed the Kelvin scale of absolute temperature measurement; firstly use thermodynamics in 1849. – William Rankine /朗肯 (1820-1872) : developed a complete theory of the steam engine and indeed of all heat engines. Write first thermodynamic textbook in 1859. – Rudolph Clausius/克劳修斯 (1822-1888): in 1850, first stated the basic ideas of the second law of thermodynamics. In 1865 he introduced the concept of entropy. Sadi Carnot/卡诺 (1796 –1832) gave the first successful theoretical account of heat engines, now known as the Carnot cycle, laying the foundations of the second law of thermodynamics. Others like: Carnot efficiency, Carnot heat engine. James Prescott Joule /焦耳 (1818-1889) 20 Overview: History of Thermodynamics