Some good links:

• Phlogiston Theory -- a (very) brief introduction to the phlogiston theory of heat
• A Primer on Entropy
• A very interesting abstract on a computational modeling of Stahl's original theory
• The History of Science series' notes on The Mechanical Theory of Heat
• James Watt's original paper on phlogiston and flammability (other historical papers are available here and here)
• Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathematica -- an English translation of Newton's The Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy with (excellent) notes
• History of Statistcal Mechanics and Thermodynamics -- an excellent reference!
• Timeline of the history of science (good links there)

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Ricky J. Sethi <rickys@sethi.org>

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