Reeve, Sidney A. (Sidney Armor), 1866-1941 · New York, London, The Macmillan Company · leaf 151
cation, it does not appearin the iV^-diagram. Hence, ^=1.00, ^=14.5 andTB = 520. 134 THE THERMODYNAMICS OF HEAT-ENGINES As to the entropy, since we are no longer relying uponthe steam-tables, we need no longer adhere to their arbitraryzero of 320 F. It will be preferable to assume an… … Fig. 19 for combustion to take place, yet theoretically the explosionis instantaneous and the piston accomplishes no motionwhile it is taking place. The next process therefore con-sists of the development of heat within the working-sub-stance at constant volume. This process may be regardedas an…
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