| Institution of Civil Engineers (Great Britain) - 1857 - Страниц: 536
...to the chemical action going on. Mr. Joule has proved by a series of most satisfactory experiments, that : " The quantity of heat capable of increasing the temperature of a pound of water by one degree of Fahrenheit's scale is equal to, and may be converted into, a mechanical force capable... | |
| 1843 - Страниц: 714
...dynamometrical apparatus attached to his machine, the author ascertained, that, in all the above cases, a quantity of heat, capable of increasing the temperature of a pound of water by one degree of Fahrenheit's scale, is evolved with the magnetism which possesses a force sufficient... | |
| British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1844 - Страниц: 480
...dynamometrical apparatus attached to his machine, the author has ascertained that, in all the above cases, a quantity of heat, capable of increasing the temperature of a pound of water by one degree of Fahrenheit's scale, is equal to a mechanical force capable of raising a weight of... | |
| American Academy of Arts and Sciences - 1890 - Страниц: 412
...also, and from these he reached the first determination of the mechanical equivalent of heat, namely. " The quantity of heat capable of increasing the temperature of a pound of water by one degree of Fahrenheit's scale is equal to, and may be converted into, a mechanical force capable... | |
| American Academy of Arts and Sciences - 1890 - Страниц: 404
...also, and from these he reached the first determination of the mechanical equivalent of heat, namely. " The quantity of heat capable of increasing the temperature of a pound of water by one degree of Fahrenheit's scale is equal to, and may be couverted into, a mechanical force capable... | |
| 1857 - Страниц: 578
...to the chemical action going on. Mr. Joule has proved by a series of most satisfactory experiments, that : " The quantity of heat capable of increasing the temperature of a pound of water by one degree of Fahrenheit's scale is equal to, and may be converted into, a mechanical force capable... | |
| Joseph Jones - 1859 - Страниц: 444
...affinity in the battery, a force which otherwise would be evolved as heat ; from these facts he announced that the quantity of heat capable of increasing the temperature of a pound of water by 1° F. equals and may be converted into a mechanical force capable of raising 838 pounds to the... | |
| American Medical Association - 1859 - Страниц: 740
...affinity in the battery, a force which otherwise would be evolved as heat ; from these facts he announced that the quantity of heat capable of increasing the temperature of a pound of water by IP F. equals and may be converted into a mechanical force capable of raising 838 pounds to the perpendicular... | |
| Andrew Ure - 1860 - Страниц: 788
...to the chemical action going on. Mr. Joule lias proved by a scries of most satisfactory experiments, that : " The quantity of heat capable of increasing the temperature of a pound of water by one degree of Fahrenheit's scale is equal to, and may be converted into, a mechanical force capable... | |
| 1864 - Страниц: 560
...friction of bodies, whether solid or liquid, is always proportional to the quantity of work expended. 2d, The quantity of heat capable of increasing the temperature of a pound of water (weighed in vacuo, and taken at between 55° and 60°) by 1° Fahr., requires for its evolution tlie expenditure... | |
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