...process strictly analogous to that of Carnot already given; but based on the additional axiom, that " It is impossible for a self-acting machine, unaided...body to another at a higher temperature." Thomson, from one of whose papers * we have taken this notice, gives the above not very evident axiom in the...

...process strictly analogous to that of Caruot already given; but based on the additional axiom, that " It is impossible for a self-acting machine, -unaided...agency, to convey heat from one body to another at a hitJher temperature." Thomson, from one of whose papers 1 we have taken this notice, gives the above...

...process strictly analogous to that of Carnot already given, but based on the additional axiom, that ' It is impossible for a self-acting machine, unaided...body to another at a higher temperature.' Thomson, from one of whose papers 1 we have taken this notice, assumed instead of the above rather dubious axiom...

...second law, which, as stated by Clausius, is that it is impossible for a >elf-acting machine, unaided by external agency, to convey heat from one body to another at a higher temperature, i>r, as given by Lord Kelvin in a somewhat different form, that it is impossible by means of inanimate...

...colder bodies. Some years later1 he asserts that in this passage he had assumed the following axiom, ' It is impossible for a self-acting machine, unaided...from one body to another at a higher temperature.' Thomson2 in 1851 gave a satisfactory proof based oh the axiom, that '•It is impossible, by means...

...bodies. Some years later1 he asserts that in this passage he had assumed the following axiom, ' // is impossible for a self-acting machine, unaided by...from, one body to another at a higher temperature.' Thomson2 in 1851 gave a satisfactory proof based on the axiom, that '// is impossible, by means of...

...years later 1 he asserts that in this passage he had assumed the following axiom, ' // is impossible/or a self-acting machine, unaided by any external agency,...body to another at a higher temperature.' Thomson * in 1851 gave a satisfactory proof based on the axiom, that ' It is impossible, by means of inanimate...

...years later1 he asserts that in this passage he had assumed the following axiom, ' It is impossible/or a self-acting machine, unaided by any external agency,...from one body to another at a higher temperature.' Thomson2 in 1851 gave a satisfactory proof based on the axiom, that ' It is impossible, by means of...

...colder body will receive more than the hotter body. Clausius has, subsequently, restated it thus : "It is impossible for a self-acting machine, unaided...from one body to another at a higher temperature." 2°. "It is impossible, by means of inanimate material agency, to derive mechanical effect from any...

...express the absurdity of the second alternative, viz. : — SECOND LAW -OF THERMODYNAMICS. SECOND LAW. It is impossible for a self-acting machine unaided...from one body to another at a higher temperature. THE USE OF HIGH-PRESSURE STEAM. 62. We are now in a position to form an adequate idea of the advantages...