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 531
asure on the one hand the workspent, and on the other the heat gained. The hammer AB being raised to a height /;, the work of its fall is ph ;but as, by its elasticity, it rises again to a height /^j, the work is p{h — h\).The anvil CD, on the other hand, has been raised through a height Hto CD,… … Fig. 463 specific heat of lead, and the mechanical equivalent J is equal to the quotientA series of six experiments gave 1394 foot-pounds Centigrade for the mechanical equivalent as thus obtained. The experiments of Cantoni and Gerosa in this direction are the simplest.They allowed mercury to fall…
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