Robert Mayer was a brilliant but unlucky man. He originated the concept of conservation of energy, now considered the first law of thermodynamics, and was the first person to determine the mechanical equivalent of heat. He was a physician by training...

Robert Julius von Mayer was a brilliant but unlucky man. He was the originator of the concept of conservation of energy, now considered the first law of thermodynamics, as well as the first person to determine the mechanical equivalent of heat. He was...

In the early nineteenth century many scientists had glimmerings of the conservation-of-energy principle. The three most important among these were the Frenchman Marc Séguin, the American-born, well-travelled soldier of fortune Benjamin Thompson,...

1814-1878 German physiologist and physicist often credited with the first formulation of the principle of energy conservation, specifically the inter-conversion of electrical and magnetic energy, mechanical energy, and heat. Mayer's interest in...

Julius Robert von Mayer (November 25, 1814 – March 20, 1878) was a German physician and physicist and one of the founders of thermodynamics. He is best known for enunciating in 1841 one of the original statements of the conservation of energy or...

Arococo gold-mounted jug in the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in Lisbon; a bejeweled and enameled gold cup in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City (Pls. I, VIII); a massive neo-Gothic horn in a private London collection (Pls. VIa, VIb); a weavers'...

von Bereghy, Robert James Friday, April 26, 2002 von Bereghy, Robert James Of Chenequa. Died peacefully at home on April 23, 2002 after a courageous battle with cancer. He is the son of Mary B. von Bereghy of Oconomowoc and the late Robert M....