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Heat As A Source Of Power: With Applications Of General Principles To The Construction Of Steam Generators. An Introduction To The Study Of Heat-Engines | 
 enlarge | Author: William Pettit Trowbridge
Publisher: Read Books
Category: Book
Buy New: $26.99
Sales Rank: 2041248
Media: Paperback
Pages: 302
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 6.5 x 4.5 x 0.8
ISBN: 1408611902
EAN: 9781408611906
ASIN: 1408611902
Publication Date: January 31, 2008
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Heat as a source of power; with applications of general principles to the construction of steam generators. An introduction to the study of heat-engines -- 1874 -- CONTENTS -- L Heat . PABAGBDR Dynamic Theory of Heat ........................................... 1 Phenomena connected with Hea6 .................................... 16 Unit of Heat ...................................................... 42 Fundamental Law of Thermo. dynamics ............................... 44 Specific Heats ..................................................... 52 Aclion of Heat on Bodies in Nature .................................. 57 . Coeflicient of Expansion ............................................ 69 Liquefaction, DIelting. or Fusion .................................... 71 Latent Heat of Fluidity ............................................ 75 Expansion of Liquids .............................................. 76 Expansion of Gases ............................................... 77 Lam of Mariotte and Gay. Lussac .................................... 79 Absolute Temperature ............................................. 82 Problems relating to Pressures, Volumes, and Temperatures ............ 86 Poissons . Formulae ................................................. 91 Vapors ............................................................ 92 Complete Vaporization .............................................. 98 Boiling. point ...................................................... 100 Superheated Vapor ................................................ 107 Spheroidal State ................................................... 108 Huwid Vapor ..................................................... 109 Expansion of Dry Saturated Steam .................................. 110 Specific Heats of Gases and Vapors ................................... 111 Theoretical Verification of the Dynamic Equivalent of Heat ............ 114 Elastic Force of Vapors ............................................ 116 Regnaults Experiments and Tables .................................. 120 LatentHeat ....................................................... 123 Latent Heat of Fusion ............................................. 124 La ent Heat of Vaporization ........................................ 126 Total Heat of Vaporization ......................................... 127 Factor of Evaporation .............................................. 120 Total Heat of Superheated Steam ................................... 130 Zeunera Tables .................................................. 152 Total Heat in Wet Steam .......................................... 133 Density of Gases and Vapors ........................................ 135 CONTENTS . CHAPTER IZ . Combustion . Combustion .................................................. PA . B . A . O . B A 1 P 4 H 3 Inflammation ..................................................... 144 Ignition ............................................... . . . . ........ 145 Spontaneous Combustion . .......................................... 151 Ordinary Combustion .............................................. 1.52 Composition of Atmospheric Air . .................................... 156 Products of Combustion ...... . ............... . ................... 155 Heat Evolved in Chemical Combination .............................. 163 CHAPTER I11 . Fuel . Combustion of Illuminating Gas ..................................... 107 Natural Solid Combustibles . ....................................... 168 Artificial Solid Combustibles . .........
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