Mechanics and heat; a text book for collleges and technical schools (1916)
Franklin, William S. (William Suddards), 1863-1930, Macnutt, Barry, 1878-1936, [from old catalog] joint author · New York, The Macmillan company; London, Macmillan & co., ltd. · leaf 394
-pansion at constant temperature) takes place with falling off of pressure becausethe pressure of a gas is inversely proportional to the volume when the temperatureis constant; and process (b) (compression at constant temperature) takes placewith rise of pressure for the same reason. Fig. 31… … axis of volumes Fig. 31. 38o THEORY OF HEAT. isothermal curves corresponding to temperatures Tx and T2. A curve which rep-resents the relation between volume and pressure of a gas when it expands withoutreceiving or giving off heat is called an adiabatic curve (or isentropic curve); curvesb and d…
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