In the book Mere Thermodynamics by Don S. Lemons published in 2009, I was quite surprised to read: “While the caloric theory of heat is plausible and to this day remains useful in limited circumstances …”
This is the only book on thermodynamics I’ve ever read, so I can’t really elaborate on those limited circumstances, unfortunately.
Plogiston is predictive. It’s much better at predicting then thinking in terms of the four elements.
In the book Mere Thermodynamics by Don S. Lemons published in 2009, I was quite surprised to read: “While the caloric theory of heat is plausible and to this day remains useful in limited circumstances …”
This is the only book on thermodynamics I’ve ever read, so I can’t really elaborate on those limited circumstances, unfortunately.