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Caloric Theory
Disproved · 1783
- Status
- Disproved
- Year
- 1783
Summary
Heat as a weightless, conserved fluid flowing from hot to cold. It explained thermal expansion and got the gas laws right, and it was undone by cannon boring: friction made heat without limit, so nothing was conserved.
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