 | Alexander James Wallis-Tayler - 1902 - 590 Seiten
...to external bodies, it is said to expand adiabatically, the curve of expansion is adiabatic and n = ratio of specific heat at constant pressure to the specific heat at constant volume, which for air = 1-408, or Fi<;. i.— Diagram showing method of construction of curve 1' V" = constant.... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution - 1904 - 301 Seiten
...SMITHSONIAN TABLES. TABLE 228. -Specific Heat o! Water. TABLE 229. - Specific Heat ol Air. Tlie ratio of the specific heat at constant pressure to the specific heat at constant volume has been the subject of much investigation, and more particularly so in the case of atmospheric air,... | |
 | Ralph S. Minor - 1906 - 200 Seiten
...IN SOLIDS '. 14 Kundt's Method. 3. VELOCITY OF SOUND IN GASES 16 Determination of the Ratio of the Specific Heat at Constant Pressure to the Specific Heat at Constant Volume for a Gas. 4. VIBRATION OF STRINGS 18 The Sonometer. 5. PITCH OF A TUNING FORK 20 Graphical Method.... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1907
...paper); (5) the value of the exponent of the true adiabatic curve is obtained from the ratio of the specific heat at constant pressure to the specific heat at constant volume and if this curve is constructed it will bring out at a glance where heat is taken in or given out,... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1908
...paper) ; (5) the value of the exponent of the true adiabatic curve is obtained from the ratio of the specific heat at constant pressure to the specific heat at constant volume and if this curve is constructed it will bring out at a glance where heat is taken in or given out,... | |
 | Thomas C. McKay - 1908 - 190 Seiten
...derived above we get "=?& It will be a useful exercise for the student to calculate the ratio of the specific heat at constant pressure to the specific heat at constant volume in the case of air, taking v as 332 meters per second at o° C. Experiment 6. Comparison of the Velocity... | |
 | American Association for the Advancement of Science - 1908
...paper) ; (5) the value of the exponent of the true adiabatic curve is obtained from the ratio of the specific heat at constant pressure to the specific heat at constant volume and if this curve is constructed it will bring out at a glance where heat is taken in or given out,... | |
 | Harry Egerton Wimperis - 1908 - 326 Seiten
...Part II, 1904.) 6. A gas expands so that pvn is constant. Show that if n is equal to the ratio of the specific heat at constant pressure to the specific heat at constant volume the expansion is adiabatic. (Mech. Sc. Tripos, Part I, 1898.) 7. The piston of an air compressor displaces... | |
 | Hugh Chisholm - 1910
...specific heat of gaseous hydrogen (at constant pressure) is 3.4041 ( water = i), and the ratio of the specific heat at constant pressure to the specific heat at constant volume is 1-3852 (\VC Röntgen, Pogg. Ann., 1873, 148, p. 580). On the spectrum see SPECTROSCOPY. Hydrogen... | |
 | Robert Peele - 1910 - 508 Seiten
...make it equal to -p--* It is evident that n may also be expressed simply as equal to the ratio of the specific heat at constant pressure to the specific heat at constant volume: The general equation for adiabatic compression is therefore: P' / V ^ " = l-a06 PV" = P'Y'"or-=" (-)... | |
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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. 
