caloric theory

obsolete scientific theory of heat flow
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caloric theory

Summary

caloric theory is a superseded scientific theory[1]. It draws 101 Wikipedia views per month (superseded_scientific_theory category, ranking #15 of 28).[2]

Key Facts

  • caloric theory is credited with the discovery of Antoine Lavoisier[3].
  • caloric theory's instance of is recorded as superseded scientific theory[4].
  • caloric theory's follows is recorded as phlogiston[5].
  • caloric theory's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01h08y[6].
  • caloric theory's facet of is recorded as caloric[7].
  • caloric theory's replaced by is recorded as thermodynamics[8].
  • caloric theory's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as science/caloric-theory[9].
  • caloric theory's uses is recorded as caloric[10].
  • caloric theory's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11fsjxg3ld[11].
  • caloric theory's Quora topic ID is recorded as Caloric-Theory[12].
  • caloric theory's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["PhysicalEffect", "CaloricTheory"][13].
  • caloric theory's World of Physics ID is recorded as CaloricTheory[14].
  • caloric theory's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 190362976[15].
  • caloric theory's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C190362976[16].

Body

Works and Contributions

caloric theory is credited with the discovery of Antoine Lavoisier[3].

Why It Matters

caloric theory draws 101 Wikipedia views per month (superseded_scientific_theory category, ranking #15 of 28).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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