...of adiabatic curves for any gas is p — constant X v ^ where y is constant, and has for its value the ratio of the specific heat at constant pressure, to that at constant volume, of the gas under consideration. Denoting by CP and CJ, CJ and CJ, the specific heats at constant pressure...

...to be constituted of moving molecules with any given number of degrees of freedom, required to find the ratio of the specific heat at constant pressure to that at constant volume. First suppose that when a small quantity bQ of heat is imparted to a unit of mass of the gas the temperature...

...effected will be described in Chapter X. We may, ' however, here remark that, for all the permanent gases, the ratio of the specific heat at constant pressure to that at constant volume is independent of the temperature of the gas, and for air is about 1"41, DIFFUSION OF GASES. 94. If...

...to be constituted of moving molecules with any given number of degrees of freedom, required to find the ratio of the specific heat at constant pressure to that at constant volume." Chemical and Physical Researches. By THOMAS GRAHAM, DCL, FRS Collected and printed, for private circulation...

...to be constituted of moving molecules with any given number of degrees of freedom, required to find the ratio of the specific heat at constant pressure to that at constant volume." Chemical and Physical Researches. By THOMAS GRAHAM, DCL, FRS Collected and printed, for private circulation...

...will be described in Chapter X. We may, however, here remark that, for all the more perfect gases, the ratio of the specific heat at constant pressure to that at constant volume "is independent of the temperature of the gas, and for air is about 1-41. 126. It has been stated,...

...seem to indicate that the width of the D absorption is dependent on the thickness and tem[>erature of the absorbent vapour rather than on the whole quantity...bottles will have nearly reached 2,000°. In the case of tho amalgams the main portion of the gas being mercury vapour, the effect of compression to a like...

...of compression to a like amount will increase the temperature by nearly twothirds, in consequence of the ratio of the specific heat at constant pressure to that at constant volume being now 1'66. It is not so easy to explain why the bright band should appear while the sodium is...

...have calculated, for a tuddtn expression to half the original volume, will amount in the case of soli" vapour, if the ratio of the specific heat at constant pressure to thai constant volume be .taken as 1'14, to about one-third of the orif-'-' temperature, whatever that...

...for granted on somewhat insufficient evidence, SIK WILLIAM RAMSAY has quite recently determined y, the ratio of the specific heat at constant pressure to that at constant volume, for each of these gases. The apparatus used was of the same type as the one described in the monograph...