Principles of the Theory of Heat Historically and Critically Elucida
xi should hope for "first and foremost" from any historical investigation, including his own, was that "it may not be too tedious. " II That hope is generally realized in Mach's historical writings, most of which are as lively and interesting now as they
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VIENNA CIRCLE COLLECTION HENK L. MULDER, University ofAmsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands ROBERT S. COHEN, Boston University, Boston, Mass., Us.A. BRIAN McGUINNESS, The Queen's College, Oxford, England
Editorial Advisory Board ALFRED J. A YER, New College, Oxford, England ALBERT E. BLUMBERG, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J., US.A.
HERBERT FEIGL, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn., U.S.A. RUDOLF HALLER, Charles Francis University, Graz, Austria ERWIN N. HIEBERT, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A.
J AAKKO HINTIKKA, Florida State University, Tallahassee GABRIEL NUCHELMANS, University of Leyden, Leyden, The Netherlands ANTHONY M. QUINTON, Trinity College, Oxford, England
J. F. STAAL, University of California, Berkeley, Calif, US.A. FRIEDRICH STADLER, Institute for Science and Art, Vienna, Austria
VOLUME 17
VOLUME EDITOR: BRIAN McGUINNESS
ERNST MACH
PRINCIPLES OF THE THEORY OF HEAT Historically and Critically Elucidated
With an Introduction by MARTIN J. KLEIN
Edited by BRIAN McGUINNESS
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Mach, Ernst, 1838-1916. Principles of the theory of heat.
(Vienna circle collection ; v. 17) Translation of: Die Principien der Warmelehre. Bibliography: p. Includes indexes. 1. Heat. 2. Physics-Philosophy I. McGuinness Brian . II. Title . Series. 86-21921 1986 536 QC252.M213 ISBN-13: 978-90-277-2206-5 e-ISBN-13: 978-94-009-4622-4 001: 10.1007/978-94-009-4622-4
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DIE PRINCIPIEN DER W ARMELEHRE First published by Verlag von Johan Ambrosius Barth, Leipzig, 1896 This translation from the 2nd edition, 1900 Mach's Introduction, Chapters I-V, XXIV, and XXVIII-XXIX translated from the German by Thomas J. McCormack and publishcd in The Open Court (1900-1904). © The Open Court Pub!. Co., Chicago. Translation revised and completed by P. E. B. Jourdain and A. E. Heath Published by D. Reidel Publishing Company, P.O. Box 17,3300 AA Dordrecht, Holland. Sold and distributed in the U.S.A. and Canada by Kluwer Academic Publishers, 101 Philip Drive, Assinippi Park, Norwell, MA 02061, U.S.A. In all other countries, sold and distributed by Kluwer Academic Publishers Group, P.O. Box 322, 3300 AH Dordrecht, Holland.
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CONTENTS
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Introduction by Martin J. Klein Editor's Note to the English Edition
xxi
Author's Preface to the First Edition
1
Author's Preface to the Second Edition (Excerpt)
3
Introduction
5
I.
Historical Survey of the Development of Thermometry
7
Critical Discussion of the Conception of Temperature
45
III.
On the Determina
