Thermodynamics of the steam-engine and other heat-engines (1889)
Peabody, Cecil Hobart, 1855-1934 · New York, Wiley & Sons · leaf 123
rature, 212°, but do not have acommon tangent. Since the equations are empirical and notlogical, the error or uncertainty is unavoidable, and all cal-culated specific? volumes are affected by a similar uncertainty*The greatest probable error is in determining r, for which itmay be about one in one… … 98 THERMODYNAMICS OF THE STEAM-ENGINE. in the method given, on account of the great difficulty of theexperimental determination, and the error of the method isnot greater than that of the other parts of steam tables. Tate and Fairbairns Experimental Determination.—The great uncertainty of the…
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