Charles de Haldat du Lys explained

Charles Nicolas Alexandre Haldat du Lys (24 December 1770 – 26 November 1852) was a French physicist who performed experimental work in hydrostatics.^[1]

He was a critic of the reliability of Benjamin Thompson's researches on the generation of heat, An Experimental Enquiry Concerning the Source of the Heat which is Excited by Friction.^{[1] [2]}

Bibliography

• Book: Cardwell, D.S.L. . From Watt to Clausius: The Rise of Thermodynamics in the Early Industrial Age . Heinemann . London . 1971 . 0-435-54150-1 .
• Haldat, C.N.A. . 1810 . Inquiries concerning the heat produced by friction . Journal de Physique . 65 . 213 .

Notes and References

1. Cardwell (1971) p.102
2. Haldat (1810)