The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, Vol. 32

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Excerpt from The London, Edinburgh, and Dublin Philosophical Magazine and Journal of Science, Vol. 32: Fourth Series, July-December, 1866AS to the physical meaning of the magnitude S, I have already discussed it in my paper, above referred to, On the Application of the Principle of the Equivalence of Transformations to Internal Work we have, however, no need to enter upon these cousi derations here, and I have referred to them merely because I have derived from them the name of the magnitude S. I have formed, namely, from the Greek word mom), change, the word entropy, which expresses the meaning of the magnitude S, in the same way as the word energy denotes that of the magnitude U.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.