On Popularization of Theory of Heat among Engineers and its Application to the Steam Engine in the 19th Century

我把重点放在戴维斯·吉尔伯特身上，他是康沃尔大学的工程师和科学家中的核心人物。吉尔伯特肯定支持卡路里理论。虽然戴维、拉姆福德伯爵和赫拉帕斯主张热的动能理论，但这一理论当时并没有应用于尖端的蒸汽机。根据之前的一些研究，吉尔伯特很可能是工程师和科学家的赞助人。然而，Authur Woolf向Gilbert报告了钢瓶中高压蒸汽的绝热膨胀。也就是说，工程师不仅得到了科学家的指导，而且还向科学家传授科学知识。以热量理论为基础的《蒸汽机理论》在1830-40年的S时期在工程师中盛行，而《蒸汽机理论》则被一些工程师修正，以调整真正的高压蒸汽机。这些引擎和指标都是基于这一修正。

I focused on Davies Gilbert who was a central figure among Cornish engineers and scientists. Gilbert must have supported caloric theory. Although Davy, Count Rumford and Herapath advocated kinetic theory of heat, this theory was not applied to the cutting-edge steam engine at that time. According to some previous study, Gilbert was likely to a patron of engineers and scientists. However Authur Woolf reported adiabatic expansion of high-pressure steam in cylinders to Gilbert. That is to say, engineer did not only get coaching from scientist, but also engineer inform scientist of scientific knowledge. “Theory of the Steam Engine “which was based on caloric theory was popular among engineers in 1830-40’s and “Theory of the Steam Engine” was corrected by some engineers to adjust the real high-pressure steam engine. These engines and indicators were based on this correction.