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For later use we remark here that (4) enables us to define the heat absorbed and the heat emitted 14 by a given fluid body in the interval of time [tl' t 2 ]. 22) Q)dt ~ 0 . 24) 14 CARNOT [1824, p. 37, footnote; p. 55; et passim]: "les quantites de chaleur absorbees ou degagees"; p. 42, "la quantite de calorique absorbee ou abandonnee". 26 2. THE COMMON INHERITANCE From (5)1 we see that in an isothermal process 15 c+ c= { -c- if V increases} . II if V decreases monotomca y . 5) and (5). Nothing is presumed regarding the nature of heat, its conservation or its dissipation, or its power to do work-nothing.
4) 38 3. PROLOGUE: LAPLACE, BlOT, AND POISSON POISSON now mentions (p. 339) that Cf M remains constant, so in an adiabatic process of a body of ideal gas having constant ratio 'Y of specific heats pp-Y = const. , p8r /(l-r) = const. , 8p l - r = const. 5) [These relations are traditionally attributed to POISSON. ] 3E. Meikle's Claim The work of LAPLACE and POISSON was accepted quickly but, as usually happens, bit by bit and with much discussion l • Their assumption that ,\ = const. was regarded as confirmed by experiment, but only MEIKLE2 subjected it to analysis.
Also the similar earlier statements of MllIKLE [1826, 2, p. 336] [1828, 2, p. 319]. p,(pl/1)] . p p 3F. ll) the particular function B log and so concludes that B Ky = 8' B = const. > 0 . " 3F. Critique of LAPLACE'S and POISSON'S Theories. Correction of MEIKLE'S Claim LAPLACE is the first author to present any concrete mathematical theory concerning heat. 4. LAPLACE'S work falls into two parts: 1. His theory of adiabatic change in ideal gases. 2. His theory of specific heats, based upon his partial specification of the heat function HL for an ideal gas with constant ratio of specific heats.
