William Rankine

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title: William Rankine
text: William John Macquorn Rankine was a Scottish mathematician and physicist. He was a founding contributor, with Rudolf Clausius and William Thomson, to the science of thermodynamics, particularly focusing on its First Law. He developed the Rankine scale, a Fahrenheit-based equivalent to the Celsius-based Kelvin scale of temperature. Rankine developed a complete theory of the steam engine and indeed of all heat engines. His manuals of engineering science and practice were used for many decades afte
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description: Scottish mechanical engineer
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date created: 2003-07-06T13:41:35Z
date modified: 2024-09-02T15:59:30Z
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