John Herapath
scientist
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contribution to kinetic theory of gases
- In atom: Kinetic theory of gases
Herapath, an English amateur physicist ignored by his contemporaries, published his version of the kinetic theory in 1821. He also derived an empirical relation akin to Boyle’s law but did not understand correctly the role of heat and temperature in determining the pressure of a…
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