thermotics

Etymology
Coined by William Whewell, 1831, along with. See.

Noun

 * 1)  The branch of physics that deals with the science of heat.
 * 2) * 1837, William Whewell, History of the Inductive Sciences, p.465, London: J.W. Parker, 1837.
 * I employ the term Thermotics, to include all the doctrines respecting heat, which have hitherto been established on proper scientific grounds.
 * 1)  thermodynamics
 * 1)  thermodynamics
 * 1)  thermodynamics

Usage notes
Etymologically, thermotics bears the same relationship to thermodynamics as mechanics bears to dynamics (compare statics), or that hydraulics bears to hydrodynamics (compare hydrostatics). However, thermodynamics is the more usual term in modern usage.