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 529
investigations, have contributed to establish the mechanicaltheory of heat : namely, in this country. Lord Kelvin and Rankine ; in(icrmany, Von Helmholtz, Clausius, and Holtzmann ; and in France,Clapeyron and Regnault. 506. Determination of the mechanical equivalent of heat.—The followingare some… … Fig. 462 vertical axis. Two weights, E and F, were attached to cords which passedover the pulleys C and D, and were connected with the axis A. Theseweights in falling caused the wheel to rotate. The height of the fall, whichin Joules experiments was about 63 feet, was indicated on the scales Gand…
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