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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Modified link of Web site: Physics LibreTexts - Heat and Heat Transfer Methods. | Oct 01, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: College of DuPage Digital Press - Conceptual Physics - Temperature and heat. | Dec 24, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Central Florida Pressbooks - College Physics - Heat. | Nov 01, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: OpenStax - College Physics 2e - Heat. | Jun 06, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Al-Mustaqbal University - Heat and Latent heat (PDF). | Mar 11, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Wisconsin�Madison - The Wonders of Physics - Heat. | Jul 18, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Physics Classroom - What is Heat? | Jan 08, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Physics LibreTexts - Heat and Heat Transfer Methods. | Oct 25, 2022 | ||
| Rearranged media. | Nov 16, 2021 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Dec 17, 2019 | ||
| Add new Web site: Learning Games for Kids.com - Heat Energy Games and Videos. | Oct 13, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Science Learning Hub - Heat Energy. | Dec 14, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: How Stuff Works - Science - Heat. | Feb 04, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Rader's Physics4Kids - Heat and Thermal Energy. | Feb 04, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Heat. | Feb 04, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: NeoK12 - Educational Videos and Games for School Kids - Heat and Temperature. | Nov 02, 2011 | ||
| Video explaining heat transfer added. | Aug 05, 2011 | ||
| Added new Web site: Kenneth R. Koehler - Heat. | Apr 29, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Educator's Reference Desk - Temperature: Is it Hot or Cold? | Mar 19, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Educator's Reference Desk - Temperature: Is it Hot or Cold? | Mar 19, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: HyperPhysics - Heat. | Dec 26, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: British Broadcasting Corporation - Specific heat capacity and calculating heat energy. | Dec 23, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Victorian web - Fourier and the theory of heat. | Jun 29, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Infinite Energy - Heat. | Jun 29, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: U.C. Berkeley Physics Lecture Demonstrations. | Jun 27, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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