Thermodynamics

[enjoy]

hello if anybody knows any information i can get from the internet any sites etc about the evolution of the first law of thermodynamics such as its historical and philosophical development it would be much appreciated thanks

[pgrmdave]

http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~.../Clausius.html
- Biography of the man who developed them

If you read through all of it, it should answer most of your questions, if not, you should try to google for caloric theory, which was the theory before thermodynamics were developed.