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Rudolf Clausius

Rudolf Clausius
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Rudolf Julius Emanuel Clausius was a German physicist and mathematician and is considered one of the central founding fathers of the science of thermodynamics. By his restatement of Sadi Carnot's principle known as the Carnot cycle, he gave the theory of heat a truer and sounder basis.

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Who was born first?

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  1. Charles HermiteDecember 24, 1822 – January 14, 1901
  2. Gregor MendelJuly 20, 1822 – January 6, 1884
  3. Heinrich Louis d'ArrestJuly 13, 1822 – June 14, 1875
  4. Joseph BertrandMarch 11, 1822 – circa April 3, 1900
  5. Jules Antoine LissajousMarch 4, 1822 – June 24, 1880
  6. Rudolf Clausius (this page)January 2, 1822 – August 24, 1888

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