The standard electrical dictionary; a popular dictionary of words, terms, and phrases, used in the practice of electrical engineering (1897)
Sloane, T. O'Conor (Thomas O'Conor), 1851-1940 · New York, H. W. Henley & co. · leaf 247
and potential, in a system,while it leaves the total energy unchanged, makes it all unavailable,because all work represents a fall in degree of energy or a fall intemperature. But in a system such as described no such fall couldoccur, therefore no work could be done. The universe is… … Fig. 165. Epinus Condenser. Entropy, Electric. Clerk Maxwell thought it possible to recog-nize in the Peltier effect, q. v., a change in entropy, a gain or lossaccording to whether the thermo-electric junction was heatedor cooled. This is termed Electric Entropy. (See Energy,Degradation of.) Epinus…
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