Elementary treatise on physics, experimental and applied : for the use of colleges and schools (1906)
Ganot, A. (Adolphe), 1804-1887, Atkinson, Edmund, 1831-1901, Reinold, A. W. (Arnold William), 1843-1921 · New York : Wood · leaf 486
from 14° to 32° ? Let/ be the weight of the steam. The latent heat of steam is 540°, andconsequently/ pounds of steam in condensing into water give up a quantityof heat, 540^, and form p pounds of water at 100°. But the temperatureof the mixture is 32°, and therefore p gives up a further quantity… … Fig. 438 -473] 469 CHAPTER X • STEAM AND OTHER HEAT ENGINES 472. Steam-engines. — Steam-engines are machines by which heat energy,obtained by the combustion of fuel, is turned into mechanical work ; aqueousvapour being used as a working fluid for effecting the transformation. In allbut a very few…
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