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“In all cases where work is produced by heat, a quantity of heat proportional to the work done is expended; and inversely, by the expenditure of a like quantity of work, the same amount of heat may be produced.”

Quote by Rudolf Clausius

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Rudolf Clausius

Rudolf Clausius, born on January 2, 1822, and died on August 24, 1888, was a renowned physicist in the 19th century, known as one of the founders of thermodynamics. He made significant contributions to the fields of thermodynamics and statistical physics, proposing Clausius inequality and the concept of entropy. more

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