Ripper, William, 1853-1937 · London, New York [etc.] : Longmans, Green and co. · leaf 26
l-365i : 1 that is, the zero of absolute temperature is 492G below the freezing-point of water, or 492-6 - 32 = 4606 below zero Fahrenheit. Callingthis 461, and writing T for temperatureabsolute, and t for temperature by ordi-nary scale, then— T = 461 -f / Fahrenheit or, T = 273 4- ^ Centigrade… … c-j^A Fig. 2. pressure at temperature T., = Y^ x ,., . Internal or Intrinsic Energy (JoulesLaw).—When a gas expands without doingexternal work, its temperature remainsunchanged. This law was arrived at by Joule inthe following way :— Two copper vessels, A and B, wereconnected by a tube as shown.…
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