Creighton, William Henry Paul, 1859- · New York, J. Wiley & sons; [etc., etc.] · leaf 176
t T3. Since the amount is infinite, MEASURING THE EFFECTS OF HEAT. 155 the addition of a finite amount will not raise its temperature.Let the other head, N, be a non-conductor of similar materialto the cylinder. Let us imagine that we may change heads inany desired way without losing gas, that the… … Fig. 103. Let N be applied at the end e, the piston to be at a; thevolume ea to be filled with a perfect gas at PXj V1} T1} and henceW may be calculated if the kind of gas is known. The resistanceis Pi. 1. Replace N with H; reduce the resistance gradually; motionwill ensue as soon as the pressure…
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