A textbook on mechanical and electrical engineering (1898)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton : International Textbook Co., [1898-99] · leaf 529
of air were 5 cu. ft. and the pres-sure were 10.34 lb. per sq. in.—that is, if the piston were atE F, Fig. 220, and the air Avere compressed to 1 cu. ft., noheat being lost—the final pressure would be 100 lb., asbefore; the curve of pressures would be the adiabaticcurve E D C B A, as in the case of… … Voiumea.Fig. 230. result considerably less. This was to be expected, since, asno heat was added, the heat required to do the work ofexpansion had to be taken from the gas, thus reducing itsenergy and the amount of work that it could do. To bettershow the effects of isothermal and adiabatic…
Electrical engineering · Mechanical engineering
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