A manual of the mechanics of engineering and of the construction of machines. Designed as a text-book for technical schools and colleges, and for the use of engineers, architects, etc. (1878)
Weisbach, Julius Ludwig, 1806-1871, Du Bois, A. Jay (Augustus Jay), 1849-1915, Buel, Richard H. (Richard Hooker), b. 1842 · New York. J. Wiley & Sons, 1878- · leaf 112
his occurs is indicated by the rising ofthe mercury in the one and the sinking of the mercury inthe other leg of the communicating tubes. The differencein the level of the surface of both mercurial columns sfivesalso the difference of pressure between the saturated steamin the one and the… … §390=—Specific Volume of steam.— With the aid ofthe density ratio given in the preceding paragraph, thedensity of steam for every temperature and tension can becalculated according to the laws of Mariotte and Gay-Lussac, and the formula developed in Vol. I., § 393. Ac-cording to that formula, we…
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