Her most important pedagogical works are " Letters on Education " ( 1801 ), " Letters on the Elementary Principles of Education " ( 1801 ), " Letters addressed to the Daughter of a Nobleman, on the Formation of Religious and Moral Principle " ( 1806 ), and " Hints addressed to the Patrons and Directors of Schools " ( 1815 ).
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Gibbs coined the term " statistical mechanics " and introduced key concepts in the corresponding mathematical description of physical systems, including the notions of chemical potential ( 1876 ), Gibbs's derivation of the laws of thermodynamics from the statistical properties of systems consisting of many particles was presented in his highly influential textbook " Elementary Principles in Statistical Mechanics ", published in 1902, a year before his death.
