The discovery of latent heat 250 years ago
The concept of latent heat plays an important role in the description of the energy balance of the Earth's atmosphere. It is a quarter of a millennium ago that J. A. DELUC began his experiments on melting ice. He discovered that during the melting some heat is concealed in the water without aff...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Borntraeger
2004-09-01
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| Series: | Meteorologische Zeitschrift |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0941-2948/2004/0013-0329 |