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SIEMENS taught us how, by using the heat of the gases escaping from a furnace to heat the gas and air before entering the furnace, we could obtain temperatures limited only by the fire-resisting quality of the materials of which the furnace is constructed. Now, it occurred to me whether on the same principle very low temperatures might not be reached. My idea is this: If compressed air is expanded to atmospheric pressure, the gas does work in overcoming the resistance of the atmosphere, and is cooled to a corresponding amount.
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BLASS, E. A Problem in Thermodynamics. Nature 52, 415 (1895). https://doi.org/10.1038/052415b0
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