Thermodynamics of the steam-engine and other heat-engines (1889)
Peabody, Cecil Hobart, 1855-1934 · New York, Wiley & Sons · leaf 47
ed be ABCDEGAor ABCFCDEGA or, again, ABCFGA + CDEFC. Again, an irregular figure may be imagined to be cut into elementary areas by isothermals and adia- batic lines, as in Fig. 15. The summation of the areas will give the entire area, and the summation of the works represented by these will give… … 7 = (29) SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS. 23 Carnot enunciated a principle which may be stated asfollows: Carnots Principle.—Of all engines working betiveen thesame source of heat and the same refrigerator^ a reversible enginegives the maximum efficiency. For, suppose there are two engines, one A, of…
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