Birth of Rudolf Julius Emanuel Clausius
Birth of Rudolf Julius Emanuel Clausius
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Rudolf Julius Emanuel Clausius Biography and Timeline
Follow Rudolf Julius Emanuel Clausius through 7 dated historical records for Germany.
Rudolf Julius Emanuel Clausius, historical timeline
A chronological timeline drawn from matching World History Database records.
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1822–1888Years on this page
1822
1850
Thermodynamics
His most important paper, On the mechanical theory of heat, published in 1850, first states the basic ideas of the second law of thermodynamics
first
His most important paper, On the mechanical theory of heat, published in 1850, first states the basic ideas of the second law of thermodynamics
in 1850
His most important paper, On the mechanical theory of heat, published in 1850, first states the basic ideas of the second law of thermodynamics
1865
Discovery of Entropy
Introduces the concept of entropy
1868
Royal Society
Elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London
1888
Death of Rudolf Julius Emanuel Clausius
Death of Rudolf Julius Emanuel Clausius
Records, sources and methodology
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