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<math>\left. \right. \Theta \Delta^{\mathrm{cs}}</math> | <math>\left. \right. \Theta \Delta^{\mathrm{cs}}</math> | ||
is the short-hand used by [[James Clerk Maxwell]] for the word '''th'''ermo'''d'''ynami'''cs''' <ref>For an example of this see the letter from James Clerk Maxwell to Peter Guthrie Tait dated 1 December 1873, reproduced in [http://www.archive.org/details/cu31924064123148 Cargill Gilston Knott "Life and scientific work of Peter Guthrie Tait, supplementing the two volumes of Scientific papers published in 1898 and 1900", Cambridge, University Press (1911)] [http://www.archive.org/stream/cu31924064123148#page/n135/mode/2up p. 115]</ref>. | |||
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