William John Macquorn Rankine — William Rankine William Rankine William Rankine Naissance 5 juillet 1820 Édimbourg (Écosse) Décès … Wikipédia en Français
William John Macquorn Rankine — Infobox Scientist name = William John Macquorn Rankine box width = 100px image width = 10px caption = William John Macquorn Rankine birth date = July 5, 1820 birth place = Edinburgh death date = December 24, 1872 death place = Glasgow residence … Wikipedia
Thermodynamic temperature — is the absolute measure of temperature and is one of the principal parameters of thermodynamics. Thermodynamic temperature is an “absolute” scale because it is the measure of the fundamental property underlying temperature: its null or zero point … Wikipedia
Fahrenheit — For other uses, see Fahrenheit (disambiguation). Thermometer with Fahrenheit and Celsius units Fahrenheit is the temperature scale proposed in 1724 by, and named after, the Dutch German Polish physicist Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686–1736).[ … Wikipedia
Conversion of units of temperature — This is a compendium of temperature conversion formulæ and comparisons. Contents 1 Kelvin 2 Celsius (Centigrade) 3 Fahrenheit 4 Rankine … Wikipedia
Temperature — This article is about the thermodynamic property. For other uses, see Temperature (disambiguation). A map of global long term monthly average surface air temperatures i … Wikipedia
Thermodynamics — Annotated color version of the original 1824 Carnot heat engine showing the hot body (boiler), working body (system, steam), and cold body (water), the letters labeled according to the stopping points in Carnot cycle … Wikipedia
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temperature — /tem peuhr euh cheuhr, choor , preuh , peuhr cheuhr, choor /, n. 1. a measure of the warmth or coldness of an object or substance with reference to some standard value. The temperature of two systems is the same when the systems are in thermal… … Universalium
Promession — is an ecologically conscious method for disposing of human remains by freeze drying. It was invented and patented in 1999 by the Swedish biologist Susanne Wiigh Mäsak.The method is based on three steps: # Reducing the body of the deceased to a… … Wikipedia
