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AN attempt will be made to relieve the present chaotic situation with regard to symbols for equations in thermodynamics at an international conference which has been called by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, to be held in New York on September 14-15, 1936. The Conference has been arranged for this time so that some of the delegates to the World Power Conference to be held the week previous in Washington, D.C., may also act as representatives at the Symbols Conference. American usage in regard to such symbols has become fairly well standardized; but other lists have been issued by various European bodies. The Conference will endeavour to compromise the differences in the several lists.
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Symbols for Heat and Thermodynamics. Nature 138, 281 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138281c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/138281c0