Text-Book On the Steam Engine
Text-Book On the Steam Engine
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of water, at or near its tem- perature of greatest density (39' 1° F.) through i** F.
The * pound' here spoken of is the unit of mass, viz., the standard pound avoirdupois.
First Law. Heat and mechanical energy are mutually con- vertible, and heat requires for its production, or produces by its disappearance, mechanical energy in the proportion of 772 foot- pounds for each unit of heat.
The number 772 is usually denoted by tiie letter J, in token of Mr. Joule's experiment, and the temperature o...f the water referred to in defining a unit of heat is taken at 39-1" F. instead of l3dng between 55° F. and 60'' F., as in the original experiment ON specific heat.
43. The term * specifia heat ' is used in a technical sense, for the word ^ heat^ signifies quantity of heat^ and specific means specific Heat 69 peculiar to the substance. There must be some standard of reference in the measurement of specific heat, and the substance selected for this purpose is water at or near 39*1° F.
Def. — The specific heat of any sob'd or liquid substance is the ratio of the quantity of heat required to raise the tempera- ture of a given weight of the substance through i" F., to the quantity of heat required, to raise the temperature of an equal weight of water at 39*1** F.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
of water, at or near its tem- perature of greatest density (39' 1° F.) through i** F.
The * pound' here spoken of is the unit of mass, viz., the standard pound avoirdupois.
First Law. Heat and mechanical energy are mutually con- vertible, and heat requires for its production, or produces by its disappearance, mechanical energy in the proportion of 772 foot- pounds for each unit of heat.
The number 772 is usually denoted by tiie letter J, in token of Mr. Joule's experiment, and the temperature o...f the water referred to in defining a unit of heat is taken at 39-1" F. instead of l3dng between 55° F. and 60'' F., as in the original experiment ON specific heat.
43. The term * specifia heat ' is used in a technical sense, for the word ^ heat^ signifies quantity of heat^ and specific means specific Heat 69 peculiar to the substance. There must be some standard of reference in the measurement of specific heat, and the substance selected for this purpose is water at or near 39*1° F.
Def. — The specific heat of any sob'd or liquid substance is the ratio of the quantity of heat required to raise the tempera- ture of a given weight of the substance through i" F., to the quantity of heat required, to raise the temperature of an equal weight of water at 39*1** F.
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