Sign in or 
- EasyEdit
- Edit tags
-
(what's this?What are these tools?
People just like you can add or edit the content on this site. If you want to try editing, but aren't ready to add to this site, try our demo area.
Read more about editing pages at Wetpaint Central.
) - Report page
Share this
Lewis Gordon
In science, Lewis D. B. Gordon (1815-1876) was a Glasgow professor of civil engineering and mechanics, notable for introducing the term “mechanical effect” into the science of steam engines, for his influence on Scot brothers James Thomson and William Thomson, and for giving the latter, in 1848, a copy of French physicist Sadi Carnot’s 1824 Reflections on the Motive Power of Fire. [1] Lewis had been pupil of Scottish physicist James Forbes. During the 1841-42 school year, James went to Glasgow College and was able to study engineering under Gordon, a newly appointed professor. [2]
References
1. Smith, Crosbie. (1998). The Science of Energy - a Cultural History of Energy Physics in Victorian Britain, (pgs. 35-44). Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
2. Smith, Crosbie and Wise, Norton M. (1989). Energy and Empire, (pg. 51, ch. 9: “Thermodynamics: the years of uncertainty, pgs. 282-316, ch. 10: “Thermodynamics: the years of resolution”, pgs. 317-347). Cambridge University Press.
References
1. Smith, Crosbie. (1998). The Science of Energy - a Cultural History of Energy Physics in Victorian Britain, (pgs. 35-44). Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
2. Smith, Crosbie and Wise, Norton M. (1989). Energy and Empire, (pg. 51, ch. 9: “Thermodynamics: the years of uncertainty, pgs. 282-316, ch. 10: “Thermodynamics: the years of resolution”, pgs. 317-347). Cambridge University Press.
Sadi-Carnot |
Latest page update: made by Sadi-Carnot
, Sep 23 2008, 5:14 AM EDT
(about this update
About This Update
Edited by Sadi-Carnot
2 words added 1 word deleted view changes - complete history) |
|
More Info: links to this page
|
There are no threads for this page.
Be the first to start a new thread.
