東京電機大学クラーク・コレクションにおけるClausius関連新史料について

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In 1990 Tokyo Denki University acquired a collection of books and papers of Charles L. Clarke, a co-worker of Thomas A. Edison. The authors have identified the collection's two books with the copies formerly owned by the German physicist, Rudolf Clausius. These books are: (1) Sadi Carnot's Reflexions sur la puissance motrice du feu et sur les machines propres a developper cette puissance (1824); and (2) a bound volume of J. R. Mayer's three monographs: Die organische Bewegung in ihrem Zusammenhange mit dem Stoffwechsel (1845); Beitrage zur Dynamik des Himmels in popularer Darstellung (1848); and Bemerkungen uber das mechanische Aequivalent der Warme (1851). The copy (1) bears Claudius' stamp on the title page and pencil marks in the text. Having obtained it sometime between 1850 and 1863, he used it in his 1863 paper; the paper quoted from Reflexions the same passages that were penciled in this copy. The copy (2) carries Clausius' signature. Probably by request, he ordered the bound volume to send John Tyndall in 1862. This gave Clausius an opportunity to review and reevaluate Mayer's work. Thus, the copy in the Clarke Collection proves of historical importance.
日本科学史学会の論文
1995-01-20