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==History==
==History==


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Major Players in the History of Thermodynamics:
 
*Nicholas Léonard Sadi Carnot
*Rudolf Clausius
*William Thompson
*Constantin Carathéodory


== See also ==
== See also ==

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  • Rudolf Clausius
  • William Thompson
  • Constantin Carathéodory

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