History of Chemistry, Volume 2 (of 2) From 1850 to 1910
CHAPTER V
THE MOLECULAR THEORY OF GASES 79 Interdependence of the gaseous laws. Kinetic theory of gases: Bernoulli, Waterston, Clausius, Maxwell, Boltzmann, Schmidt, Graham. Gaseous diffusion. Van der Waals’s equation. Ratio of specific heats: Kundt and Warburg. Liquefaction of gases. Critical temperatures and pressures: Andrews, Pictet and Cailletet, Wroblewski, Olszewki, Dewar, Kammerlingh Onnes. Liquefaction of air on the large scale. Research at low temperatures.