A textbook on mechanical and electrical engineering (1898)
International Correspondence Schools · Scranton : International Textbook Co., [1898-99] · leaf 543
of 4 cubic feet, doing workrepresented by the area A B V^ V^ equivalent to 331.5744 X 4 100 X 1 log Y = 10,903 foot-pounds. To restore the an* to its original volume, pressure and temperature, it might nowbe compressed isothermally, in which case the work done upon the air would be thesame as that… … The pressure B V^ evidently 100 X 1 = 25 Fig. 233. ^ pounds per square inch.Suppose it be lowered tothe pressure of the atmosphere, 14.7 pounds per square inch.This may be done in two ways: either by removing a por-tion of the air from the cylinder (reducing its weight) or bycooling it (removing…
Electrical engineering · Mechanical engineering
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