Rankine, William John Macquorn, 1820-1872, Millar, William J, Tait, Peter Guthrie, 1831-1901 · London, C. Griffin and company · leaf 408
wn factor, and thence to determine the point on the thermometricscale corresponding to absolute privation of heat. 17. Proposition VII.—Problem. To determine the ratio of the apparentspecific heats of a substance at constant volume and at constant pressure, for agiven pressure and volume; the… … Fis. 12. through A; qq another isothermal curve, very near to QQ. Through Adraw the ordinate VA A a parallel to 0 Y, cutting qq in a; draw also A Bparallel to 0 X, cutting q q in B. From A, a, B, draw the three indefi-nitely-prolonged curves of no transmission A M, a in, B N. Then the heat absorbed…
