Hermann von Helmholtz Quotes

The older view of the nature of heat was that it is a substance, very fine and imponderable indeed, but indestructible, and unchangeable in quantity, which is an essential fundamental property of all matter.

Hermann von Helmholtz

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  Hermann von Helmholtz
  • Nature
  • Matter
  • Property