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Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics (Wikipedia)

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Wikipedia's article on the zeroth law of thermodynamics, covering its statement, its retroactive naming by Ralph H. Fowler in the 1930s, and Fowler and Edward A. Guggenheim's 1936 formal publication.

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Wikipedia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeroth_law_of_thermodynamics
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reference
Reliability Tier
3
A general reference encyclopedia, tier 3 throughout this atlas, used here for an uncontested definitional and historical-naming fact.
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