Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1780156 New Astronomy Reviews 2008 11 Pages PDF
Abstract

We review the works of Helmholtz and Kelvin and their timescale and show that it is not what is called in classical text books the Kelvin–Helmholtz time scale. Next we review the work of Ritter and show that he was the first to calculate what is erroneously attributed today to Kelvin and Helmholtz. We conclude that the correct name is the Ritter–Kelvin–Helmholtz timescale.

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