The Kinetic Theory of Gases

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Excerpt from The Kinetic Theory of Gases: Elementary Treatise With Mathematical AppendicesThe first edition of this book appeared in 1877, at the time of the most rapid and beautiful development of the kinetic theory of gases. About twenty years before, the founders of the theory, Kroni g and Clausius, had explained the expansive tendency of gases, and had calculated their pressure on the assumption that the smallest particles of gases do not repel each other, but are in rapid motion. From the theory based on this supposition not only were the laws of gases, so far as they were then known, deduced in simplest fashion, but also new laws, hitherto undreamt of, were discovered, which were afterwards confirmed when tested by experiment. These results, which we owe to Maxwell and Clausius, quickly won to the theory many friends and adherents.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.