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William John Macquorn Rankine FRSE FRS (/ ˈ r æ ŋ k ɪ n /; 5 July 1820 – 24 December 1872) was a Scottish mathematician and physicist. He was a founding contributor, with Rudolf Clausius and William Thomson (Lord Kelvin), to the science of thermodynamics , particularly focusing on its First Law.
Also involved editorially were William John Macquorn Rankine, Francis Bowen, John Eadie, and John Pringle Nichol. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] A list of contributors appeared in the first volume, [ 9 ] and a further list in volume II.
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