A practical treatise on modern gas and oil engines (1902)
Grover, Frederick · Manchester, The Technical Publishing Co., Limited; [etc., etc.] · leaf 147
tres • The heat required to raise 1 lb. of water of maximum density 1 deg. Fah. 1»equal to one British thermal unit. 136 GAS-ENGINE TRIALS. Mean rise in temperature = 27-53 - 798 = 19-55.Calorific value of gas in calories per cubic foot _ mean rise in temperature x litres of watercubic feet gas… … Fig. 87.—External View of Junkers Calorimeter. GAS-ENGINE TRIALS. 137 in the small measuring glass marked D, in fig. 87. Now, thismoisture is the result of the combustion of hydrogen withthe oxygen of the air, and at the moment of combustionsteam is formed. In the calorimeter this steam is…
Internal combustion engines
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