Rankine, William John Macquorn, 1820-1872, Millar, William J, Tait, Peter Guthrie, 1831-1901 · London, C. Griffin and company · leaf 515
the gaseous mixture against the atmospheric pressure,so that the work done by each cubic foot of explosive mixture is repre-sented by the area C E G H C. 4. Total and Available Heat of Explosion.—-The total heat of explosionmay be calculated theoretically from the composition of the… … ON THE THEORY OF EXPLOSIVE GAS-ENGINES. 4G7 found to answer best in Lenoirs gas-engine is composed of eight parts byvolume of air to one of common coal gas. From Dr. Lethebys analysisof the gas, and the known values of the total heat of combustion of itsconstituents, it appears that the total heat…
