 | Thomas Minchin Goodeve - 1879 - 364 Seiten
...air, as deduced from experiments on the velocity of sound, is 1-408, which is also the ratio of the specific heat at constant pressure to the specific heat at constant volume.' 50. It may here be useful to point out one or two applications of the formulae obtained. Let a mass... | |
 | Charles Bird (B.A., F.R.A.S.) - 1880 - 206 Seiten
...and assign the conditions necessary to render the polarization complete. 379. From the ratio of the specific heat at constant pressure to the specific heat at constant volume the "mechanical equivalent" of heat may be determined. Explain the principles of the calculation and,... | |
 | William John Macquorn Rankine, Peter Guthrie Tait - 1881 - 644 Seiten
...subtangent of an isothermal curve to that of a curve of no transmission at the same point, or of the specific heat at constant pressure to the specific heat at constant volume. This is a geometrical proof of Laplace's law for all possible fluids. The same law is deduced from the hypothesis... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - 1883 - 896 Seiten
...p. 563 ; J. Phys., April, II, I, p. 197.) 4. Specific Heat. Strecker has determined the ratio of the specific heat at constant pressure to the specific heat at constant volume, of chlorine, bromine, and iodine, all in the condition of gas, by comparing by Kuudt's method the wave... | |
 | 1884 - 586 Seiten
...(Supplement) 1884. XXXIX. On a Metliod of Calculating the Constant 7, expressing the Relation of the Specific Heat at Constant Pressure to the Specific Heat at Constant Volume. By W. MOON*. LET H! equal the specific heat of air at constant pressure, and H the specific heat at... | |
 | Benjamin Williamson, Francis Alexander Tarleton - 1885 - 480 Seiten
...ture and volume, TZ and vi, by the equation — ' = f — ) , where k is the ratio -ti \fl2/ of the specific heat at constant pressure to the specific heat at constant volume. The transformation of the gas in this case is said to be adiabatic. 9. In the preceding example determine... | |
 | 1879 - 542 Seiten
...The performance is represented by , Q and we have Q.-Q Q . Q — =S7~=A We have also Q.-Q *c(T.-T.) R k is the ratio of specific heat at constant pressure...the same for all permanent gases. It follows then Q i=A /r TT. If the compression follows an adiabatic curve, we shall have for the efficiency — calling... | |
 | Sydney Young - 1887 - 90 Seiten
...Mechanical Equivalent of Heat. Calculate the specific heat of air at constant volume, and the ratio of the specific heat at constant pressure to the specific heat at constant volume, from the following data : — Specific heat at constant pressure=0-237. Specific gravity of mercury... | |
 | Dalhousie University - 1888 - 212 Seiten
...whose volume is changed adiabatieally it is equal to the product of the pressure into the ratio of the specific heat at constant pressure to the specific heat at constant volume. II.— HONOURS IN MENTAL AND MORAL PHILOSOPHY. LOGIC. Examiner PROFESSOR LYALL, LL. D. TIME : THREE... | |
 | Daniel Evan Jones - 1888 - 332 Seiten
...1-43 gm. Specific heat for constant pressure referred to an equal mass of water, -22. Ratio of the specific heat at constant pressure to the specific heat at constant volume, 1-4/1. Specific gravity of mercury, 13-6. lialliol Coll. 1882. CHAPTER VI LIGHT 1. IF the light of... | |
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B with the sound velocity where y is the ratio of the specific heat at constant pressure to the specific heat at constant volume, and p is the gas pressure. 
