| Royal Philosophical Society of Glasgow - 1864 - 368 σελίδες
...law is the fact established experimentally by Mayer and Joule, about 1842-3, that a given quantity of heat requires for its production, and produces by its disappearance, mechanical energy bearing a constant ratio to the quantity oj ,heat. This law forms, of course, an essential part of... | |
| William John Macquorn Rankine - 1866 - 624 σελίδες
...constitutes what is called the SCIENCE OF THERMODYNAMICS. 236. Fint i,n \»- of Tbcrtnodranmic*. — Heat and mechanical energy are mutually convertible;...heat requires for its production, and produces by its dinappearance, m'chanical energy in the proportion of 772 foot-pounds Jor each British unit of heat:... | |
| Andrew Ure - 1867 - 918 σελίδες
...laws which have, more directly, a bearing on any of our manufacturing processes. Heat and motive power are mutually convertible, and heat requires for its production, and produces by its disappearance, motive power in the proportion of 7 72 foul-pounds fur tacft Fahrenheit unit of heut. — Rankine.... | |
| Henry Evers - 1873 - 426 σελίδες
...degree centigrade. This 1393, or more precisely 1390,*is called the mechanical equivalent of heat. "Heat and mechanical energy are mutually convertible;...produces by its disappearance, mechanical energy in the ratio of 1390 foot pounds for every thermal unit."t It will help to a thorough conception of the above... | |
| George Farrer Rodwell - 1873 - 752 σελίδες
...if the film be thin, it will have sensibly a flat form.. It is, in this form, in 41 and motive power are mutually convertible, and heat requires for its production, and produces by its disappearance, motive power in the proportion of 772 footpounds for each Fahrenheit unit of heat This law may be considered... | |
| William John Macquorn Rankine - 1878 - 746 σελίδες
...J?ir»t Jjiiw of Thermodynamics. — Heat and medianical energy are mutually convertible; and fteat requires for its production, and produces by its disappearance, mechanical energy in the proportion of 772 foot-pounds for each British unit of heat: the said unit being the amount of heat required to raise... | |
| Adolphe Ganot - 1879 - 1000 σελίδες
...his experimental results. The law of the relation of heat to mechanical energy may be thus stated : Heat and mechanical energy are mutually convertible...produces by its disappearance, mechanical energy in the ratio of 1,390 foot-pounds for every thermal unit. A variety of experiments may in like manner be adduced... | |
| Thomas Minchin Goodeve - 1879 - 364 σελίδες
...F. The 'pound' here spoken of is the unit of mass, viz., the standard pound avoirdupois. FIRST LAW. Heat and mechanical energy are mutually convertible, and heat requires for its production, or produces by its disappearance, mechanical energy in the proportion of 772 footpounds for each unit... | |
| Henry Adams - 1883 - 136 σελίδες
...raise 1 lb. water through 1° C., and its mechanical equivalent 1390 foot-lbs. 164. THERMODYNAMICS. First Law of Thermodynamics — Heat and mechanical...disappearance, mechanical energy in the proportion of 772 foot-lbs. for each British unit of heat. Second Law of Thermodynamics. — If the total actual heat... | |
| Henry Adams - 1883 - 164 σελίδες
...and its mechanical equivalent 1390 foot-lbs. 164. THERMODYNAMICS. First Law of Thermodynamics—Heat and mechanical energy are mutually convertible; and...disappearance, mechanical energy in the proportion of 772 foot-lbs. for each British unit of heat. Second Law of Thermodynamics.—If the total actual heat of... | |
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