Chapter 2 CONCEPT OF ENERGY - Pennsylvania State University

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This concept has evolved from those of the archaic fire, the more modern vis viva (“living force”), which was dominant until the nineteenth century, and force, which persisted well into the 19th century and today has a much narrower scope. It was Aristotle (384-322 BC) who developed the concept of ‘fire’ as one

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