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On the Development of the Temperature Concept

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A brief outline of the history of development of the temperature concept in physics is given. Simultaneously, some persisting imperfections in the conceptual basis of classical thermodynamics closely related to the first and the second law of thermodynamics are discussed.

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Mareš, J.J. On the Development of the Temperature Concept. Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry 60, 1081–1091 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1010196716770

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