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analog31•28 minutes ago
An interesting aside is that early feedback control theory was developed in the 19th century by James Clerk Maxwell et. al., for the purpose of governing steam engines. I wonder if the interest in steam power also pushed the study of thermodynamics forward.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_theory

throwaway173738•2 minutes ago
Most assuredly. One of the things you learn in thermodynamics is how to analyze heat engine cycles based on measurements of a quantity of fluid.