 | a. privat deschanel - 1873 - 1076 pages
...kilogramme-degree = 24*36 gramme-degrees. of 83-66 to 59'3 is 1'41, which, as we have already seen (§ 347), is the ratio of specific heat at constant pressure to specific heat at constant volume. In the case of air and perfect gases, the heat gained by compression or lost in expansion is almost... | |
 | Augustin Privat-Deschanel - Physics - 1874 - 288 pages
...most precise determinations hitherto made of the value of 1 +/3, which, as above indicated, is the ratio of specific heat at -constant pressure to specific heat at constant volume, and is about 1-41.1 348. Heat of Fusion. — The method of mixtures may be employed to determine the... | |
 | American Gas Light Association - Gas - 1899 - 428 pages
...analysis of the gas pumped 1n these tests the specific heat is found to be .45. To find t. we have k=rat1o of specific heat at constant pressure to specific heat at constant volume, which for a perfect gas is 1.4. p,=pressure at outlet of exhauster in pounds per square inch. p, =... | |
 | Popular encyclopedia - 1885 - 498 pages
...any gas whose atomic weight we know; for the specific heats are inversely as the atomic weight. The ratio of specific heat at constant pressure to specific heat at constant volume is a constant amount (1 ••) 1 ). Specific Heats. Water = 1 -00000. Various modifications of the... | |
 | John Tyndall - Heat - 1890 - 644 pages
...appear, but it does no violence to probability to suppose that a mind so penetrating had made use of the ratio of specific heat at constant pressure to specific heat at constant volume afterwards employed by Mayer. The point of highest historic interest here is that no great step in... | |
 | Charles Josiah Woodward - Electricity - 1890 - 228 pages
...? ANSWERS. 1. 0-5. 2. 360 kilogrammes. 3. 89'I2 nearly. LESSON XII. Mechanical Equivalent of Heat. Ratio of Specific Heat at Constant Pressure to Specific Heat at Constant Volume. Mechanical Equivalent of Heat. Methods by which Joule determined the mechanical equivalent of heat... | |
 | William Kent - Engineering - 1895 - 1234 pages
...work of expansiou, or .0686 heat units; heneo the epeeiflc heat at constant volume = 0.2375 - .0086 = 0.1689. Ratio of specific heat at constant pressure to specific heat at constant volume = .2375 -t- .1089 = 1.406. (ÍW Specific Heat. p. 458.) Flow of Air through Orifice»,— The theoretical... | |
 | Charles P. Matthews - 1902 - 272 pages
...gas is raised to 273°, thus increasing the volume to 2 1. Compute the mechanical equivalent of heat. [Ratio of specific heat at constant pressure to specific heat at constant volume =1.41.] 621. What is an isothermal line? an adiabatic line? Why is the adiabatic line through any point... | |
 | General Electric Company - Electric engineering - 1912 - 930 pages
...pressure in pounds per square inch absolute. pi = final pressure in pounds per square inch absolute. A" = ratio of specific heat at constant pressure to specific heat at constant volume. PO = density of gas in pounds per square foot (at 60° F. and 14.7 pounds per square inch absolute... | |
 | William Kent - Engineering - 1902 - 1224 pages
....0686 heat units. The specific heat of air at constant pressure, according to Regnault, is 0.2.475; but this includes the work of expansion, or .0686...constant volume = 0.2375 - .0686 = 0.1689. Ratio of spécifie heat at constant pressure to specific heat at constant volume = .237Г> ч- .1689 = 1.406.... | |
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CL are line pressure and sonic speed of the gas at £ -» — *, and y is the ratio of specific heat at constant pressure to specific heat at constant volume for the gas. 
