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What appeared to the earlier physicists to be the constant quantity of heat is nothing more than the whole motive power
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"What appeared to the earlier physicists to be the constant quantity of heat is nothing more than the whole motive power of the motion of heat, which remains constant so long as it is not transformed into other forms of work, or results afresh from them"

- Hermann von Helmholtz
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Germany Flag This quote is written / told by Hermann von Helmholtz between August 31, 1821 and September 8, 1894. He/she was a famous Physicist from Germany. The author also have 14 other quotes.

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