Charles de Haldat du Lys
Appearance
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Charles Nicolas Alexandre Haldat du Lys (24 December 1770 – 26 November 1852) was a French physicist who performed experimental work in hydrostatics.[1]
He was a critic of the reliability of Benjamin Thompson's researches on the generation of heat, An Experimental Enquiry Concerning the Source of the Heat which is Excited by Friction.[1][2]
References
[edit]Bibliography
[edit]- Cardwell, D.S.L. (1971). From Watt to Clausius: The Rise of Thermodynamics in the Early Industrial Age. Heinemann: London. ISBN 0-435-54150-1.
- Haldat, C.N.A. (1810). "Inquiries concerning the heat produced by friction". Journal de Physique. 65: 213.