Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

, Volume 113, Issue 3, pp 1049–1054 | Cite as

Thermal science and analysis

Terms connotation, history, development, and the role of personalities
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Abstract

History of thermoscopy and thermometry is reviewed showing the role of temperature degrees including the forgotten logarithmic scale. The importance of natural laws of energy, motion, least action, and thermal efficiency is discussed. The meaning of idiomatic terms—thermal physics, thermodynamics, thermostatics, thermotics, and thermal analysis—is specified and revealed within two parallel developed branches of thermal science. Itemized 105 references with titles.

Keywords

Thermometry Thermodynamics Thermostatics Thermotics Thermal physics Natural laws Temperature scales H.Suga T.Ozawa 
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Acknowledgements

The results were developed within the CENTEM project, reg. no. CZ.1.05/2.1.00/03.0088 that is co-funded from the ERDF within the OP RDI program of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports. The author feels also indebted to his scientific friends, coworkers, and uppermost thermodynamists Pavel Holba (Pilsen), György Liptay (Budapest), Jiri. J. Mareš (Prague), Jiří Málek (Pardubice), Nobuyoshi Koga (Hiroshima), late German K. Moiseev (Jekatěrinburg), Ingo Müller (Berlin), late Tooru Atake (Tokyo), late Ivo Proks (Bratislava), Vladimír Šatava (Prague), Peter Šimon (Bratislava), late Bernhard Wunderlich (Knoxville), Harumi Yokokawa (Tsukuba), and Shmuel Yariv (Jerusalem). The author, however, was disappointed that this tribute lecture was suspended by the conference secretary (Riko Ozao) out from the Commemorate Special Session (crediting the conference honorary chairmen) to general session only.

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  1. 1.New Technologies—Research Centre of the Westbohemian RegionUniversity of West Bohemia in Pilsen (NTC-ZČU)PlzeňCzech Republic

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