César-Mansuéte Despretz

César-Mansuéte Despretz (1791-1863) studied phenomena related to thermodynamics, heat transfer, sound, electricity, combustion, and the properties of fluids. In the field of thermodynamics he researched the nature of latent heat, the vapor pressure of liquids, and the compressibility of gases. He pr...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jaime Wisniak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas 2009-12-01
Series:Revista CENIC Ciencias Químicas
Online Access:https://revista.cnic.cu/index.php/RevQuim/article/view/647