Reeve, Sidney A. (Sidney Armor), 1866-1941 · New York, London, The Macmillan Company · leaf 172
y in theNT and PV diagrams of Figs. 27 and 28. It were best noted at the start that the volume of airwithin the engine depends solely upon the position of the THE HOT-AIR ENGINES 155 piston W. The motion of the piston D, which fits looselyin its cylinder, meets with no possible resistance and… … Fig. e6 quantity of air at approximately atmospheric pressure andminimum temperature. The air had been at atmosphericpressure at the beginning of Ws downward stroke, at thepoint A. It has now been somewhat compressed, by theenergy of the fly-wheel, isothermally because in contactwith the cold pipes…
Thermodynamics · Heat-engines
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