| Jules Pétiet - Locomotives - 1849 - 160 pages
...are run together in the middle, in such a manner as to allow of a rotative movement by means of a * A unit of heat is the amount of heat required to raise one kilog. of water to one degree, whence 100 units would raise one kilog. of water to 100 degrees, or... | |
| Joseph Anthony Gillet, William James Rolfe - Physics - 1881 - 342 pages
...In the measurement of heat we need some unit in which amounts of heat can be expressed. The English unit of heat is the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water at 32° one degree in temperature. water. It has been found that it requires very different... | |
| Joseph Anthony Gillet, William James Rolfe - Physics - 1881 - 544 pages
...measurement of heat there is needed some unit in which amounts of heat can be expressed. The English unit of heat is the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water at 32° one degree in temperature. 228. Specific Heat. — If equal bulks of water and... | |
| Joseph Anthony Gillet, William James Rolfe - Physics - 1882 - 210 pages
...the temperature of the body. The temperature of a body is independent of the amount of heat in it. A unit of heat is the amount . of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree in temperature; and specific heat is the amount of heat required to raise... | |
| William John Macquorn Rankine - 1883 - 452 pages
...second = 7'36 x 10° ergs per second = 7,360 million ergs per second. d. HEAT UNITS. 8. Hem (H). — The unit of heat is the amount of heat required to raise one gramme of water from 0° to 1° Cent. 9. The mechanical equivalent of heat (see Proceedings Royal Society,... | |
| Andrew Jamieson - Electricity - 1889 - 98 pages
...second = 7'36 x 109 ergs per second = 7,360 million ergs per second. d. HEAT UNITS 8. Meat (H). — The unit of heat is the amount of heat required to raise one gramme of water from 0° to 1° Cent. 9. The mechanical equivalent of heat (see Proceedings Royal Society,... | |
| Solomon Solis-Cohen - 1901 - 384 pages
...The calorie is the unit that has been fixed upon to express the energy stored in food. A calorie is the amount of heat required to raise one gram of water 1° C. The most convenient way in which to estimate the value of food-stuffs is to determine how many calories... | |
| Nehemiah Hawkins - Steam engineering - 1901 - 354 pages
...account; it is known as the foot pound. Atmospheric pressure at the sea level is the unit of pressure The unit of heat is the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree, usually from 32° to 33° Fahr. The unit of numbers is the figure one (1).... | |
| Andrea Carlo Francisco Rabagliati - Diet - 1904 - 604 pages
...The calorie is the unit that has been fixed upon to express the energy stored in food. A calorie is the amount of heat required to raise one gram of water 1° C. The most convenient way in which to estimate the value of food stuffs is to determine how many calories... | |
| Andrea Carlo Francisco Rabagliati - 1904 - 610 pages
...The calorie is the unit that has been fixed upon to express the energy stored in food. A calorie is the amount of heat required to raise one gram of water 1° C. The most convenient way in which to estimate the value of food stuffs is to determine how many calories... | |
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