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Also Known As law of constant energy

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Hermann von Helmholtz
Hermann von Helmholtz
German scientist and philosopher
Kelvin, William Thomson, Baron
William Thomson, Baron Kelvin
Scottish engineer, mathematician, and physicist
Max Born
Max Born
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Sir William Robert Grove
British physicist
Joule, James Prescott
James Prescott Joule
English physicist
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Karl Friedrich Mohr
German chemist

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