Rankine, William John Macquorn, 1820-1872, Millar, William J, Tait, Peter Guthrie, 1831-1901 · London, C. Griffin and company · leaf 349
y be stated thus :— The maximum proportion of heat converted in la expansive power by anymachine, is a function solely of the temperatures at which heat is received andemitted by the working substance; which function for each pair of temperaturesis the same for all substances in nature. * Bead… … ECONOMY OF HEAT IN EXPANSIVE MACHINES. 301 This law is laid down by Mr. Clausius. as it originally had been byCarnot, as an independent axiom; and I had at first doubts as to thesoundness of the reasoning by which he maintained it. Having statedthose doubts to Professor Thomson, I am indebted to…
