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In despair, I offer your readers their choice of the following definitions of entropy. My authorities are such books and journals as I have by me at the moment. (a) Entropy is that portion of the intrinsic energy of a system which cannot be converted into work by even a perfect heat engine.--Clausius. (b) Entropy is that portion of the intrinsic energy which can be converted into work by a perfect engine.--Maxwell, following Tait. (c) Entro..
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