A text book of physics, for the use of students of science and engineering (1918)
Duncan, John, d. 1941, Starling, Sydney George, 1873- · London Macmillan · leaf 380
waste in all operationsinvolving the conversion of heat into mechanical work. It is verydifficult to prevent heat being dissipated into forms which are uselessfor any practical purpose. The operation of converting mechanicalwork into heat is not accompanied by such excessive waste, andlaboratory… … Fig. 363.—Calorimeter of Callendars machine. determining J, and is illustrated in Fig. 363. A brass drum A is fixed tothe end of a shaft and can be rotated by means of a band passed over apulley B ; the band is driven by a small electromotor not shown in Fig.363. A revolution counter at D enables…
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