 | Chemical Society (Great Britain) - Chemistry - 1896 - 1104 pages
...0'139 (air = 1) or 2'00 (H = 1). The velocity of sound in the gas was then determined, and from this the ratio of the specific heats at constant pressure and at constant volume. The ratio obtained = l'(57, whence the molecule of helium contains only one atom, and the atomic weight... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - Electronic journals - 1903 - 1084 pages
...behaviour of aluminium anodes in sulphuric acid is due to impermeability. — A paper on a determination of the ratio of the specific heats at constant pressure and at constant volume for air and steam was read by Mr. Mackower. The method employed in this paper is similar to that used... | |
 | Sir Norman Lockyer - Electronic journals - 1903 - 706 pages
...430 Mackenzie (Dr. Hector), Diseases of the Respiratory Organs, 554 Mackower (Mr.), Détermination of the Ratio of the Specific Heats at Constant Pressure and at Constant Volume for Air and Steam, 94 McLachlan (R.), Lppidoptrra and Choice of Plant Food, 166 Macleod (JJR), Practical... | |
 | William John Macquorn Rankine, Peter Guthrie Tait - Engineering - 1881 - 644 pages
...-f T 4- —^o— _ l --l^idV ° °\TO dD T dl> So that from the velocity of sound we can calculate the ratio of the specific heats at constant pressure and at constant volume. Let this ratio be denoted by y, and let K T = It + c; K r = fe + c; then in which c and c are to be... | |
 | Great Britain - 1903 - 320 pages
...Dr WW Taylrr. — The Theory of the Aluminium Electrode. Nov. 14. Makower, W.—A Determination of the Ratio of the Specific Heats at Constant Pressure and at Constant Volume for Air and Steam. Nov. 14.* Morris, JT — An Experiment on the Current Growth in an Induction Circuit.... | |
 | Science - 1899 - 950 pages
...year, the result of the investigations by Drs. Lummer and Pringsheim, of Cbarlottenburg, Germany, on the ratio of the specific heats at constant pressure and at constant volume of air, oxygen, carbon dioxide and hydrogen. This research was aided by a grant from the Hodgkins fund... | |
 | Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents - Discoveries in science - 1899 - 816 pages
...the year, the result of investigations by Drs. Lummer and Pringeheim, of Charlottenburg, Germany, on the ratio of the specific heats at constant pressure and at constant volume of air, oxygen, carbon dioxide, and hydrogen. This research was aided by a grant from the Hodgkins... | |
 | Albert Ladenburg - Chemistry - 1900 - 520 pages
...Cannizzaro's view. These physicists, by observing the velocity of sound in mercury vapour, determined the ratio of the specific heats at constant pressure and at constant volume to be 1.67 — a number furnished by the mechanical theory of heat, on the assumption that the total... | |
 | Albert Ladenburg - Chemistry - 1900 - 402 pages
...Cannizzaro's view. These physicists, by observing the velocity of sound in mercury vapour, determined the ratio of the specific heats at constant pressure and at constant volume to be 1.67 — a number furnished by the mechanical theory of heat, on the assumption that the total... | |
 | Morris William Travers - Gas - 1901 - 366 pages
...leakage could be neglected. THE RATIO OF THE SPECIFIC HEATS. — Within the limits of Boyle°s law the -ratio of the specific heats at constant pressure and at constant volume should have a -definite value for each gas. The ratio of the specific heats was first determined by... | |
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A paper on a determination of the ratio of the specific heats at constant pressure and at constant volume for air and steam was read by Mr. 
