 The action of the piston as it nears the end of the stroke, in reducing the volume and raising the pressure of the steam retained in the cylinder ahead of the piston by the closing of the exhaust valve. Boyle's or Mariotte^s Law of Expanding Gases. "The...  Compound Corliss Engines - Page 50by James Tribe - 1903 - 177 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Minchin Goodeve - Steam - 1879 - 364 pages
...temperature of the enclosed air remains unchanged. This is an imperative condition. Note. — Since the pressure of a portion of gas at a constant temperature varies inversely as its volume, and since the density of the same portion also varies inversely as its volume, it follows... | |
 | Thomas Minchin Goodeve - Steam-engines - 1882 - 314 pages
...termed \hefirst law of the expansion of gases. BOYLE'S LAW. 16. The law may be stated as follows:—The pressure of a portion of gas at a constant temperature varies inversely as the space it occupies. refer to a simple apparatus consisting of two pieces of strong glass tube AB, CD, each about \ inch... | |
 | Richard Evan Day - Heat - 1885 - 192 pages
...centimetres, the temperature remaining constant ? According to Boyle's law the pressure of a given quantity of gas at a constant temperature varies inversely as the space it occupies. Hence, if p\, v\, p 3 , v^ represent corresponding values of the pressure and volume of a quantity... | |
 | Thomas Minchin Goodeve - 1893 - 426 pages
...of the expansion r£ gases. BOYLE'S LAW. 16. The law may be stated as follows : — The pressure ot a portion of gas at a constant temperature varies inversely as the space it occupies. refer to a simple apparatus consisting of two pieces of strong glass tube AB, CD, each about \ inch... | |
 | Andrew Jamieson - Steam engineering - 1895 - 614 pages
...then give a class experiment to prove it. Boyle's Law. — The pressure of a portion of a (perfect) gas at a constant temperature varies inversely as the space it occupies. Or, let p = pressure. v = volume. Then pv = constant. To illustrate this law the following simple piece... | |
 | Andrew Jamieson - Steam engineering - 1897 - 656 pages
...then give a class experiment to prove it. Boyle's Law. — The pressure of a portion of a (perfect) gas at a constant temperature varies inversely as the space it occupies. Or, let p = pressure. v = volume. Then pv = constant. To illustrate this law the following simple piece... | |
 | Thomas Minchin Goodeve - Heat-engines - 1898 - 490 pages
...termed theory/ law of the expansion of gases. BOYLE'S LAW. 1 6. The law may be stated as follows : — The pressure of a portion of gas at a constant temperature varies inversely as the space it -occupies. refer to a simple apparatus consisting of two pieces of strong glass tube AB, CD, each about \ inch... | |
 | Industrial arts - 1890 - 558 pages
...which cannot be the case in practice. However, as it gives a near approximation, I give the law here : "The pressure of a portion of gas at a constant temperature varies inversely as the space it occupies." Taking your example: "Steam of 301b. initial pressure is cut off when the piston has passed through... | |
 | James Tribe - Steam-engines, Compound - 1899 - 148 pages
...governing the expansion of gas had been discovered by Robert Boyle more than a century before Watt.s experiments, but Watt was the first to demonstrate...within an enclosed cylinder, does not act in strict accordance with this law, for the reason that it is influenced by the changing temperature, consequently... | |
 | Thomas Hansom Cockin - Coal mines and mining - 1904 - 456 pages
...low pressure. Expansion of Steam.—According to Boyle's Law (Chapter XX.), the pressure of a perfect gas at a constant temperature varies inversely as the space it occupies. ab, Fig. 106, is a cylinder in which the piston c moves through a stroke of Flo. 106.—Expansion of... | |
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