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But Joule experimented on water of one temperature only, and did not reduce his results' to the air thermometer; so that we are still left in doubt, even to the extent of one per cent, as to the value of the equivalent on the air thermometer.
The reduction of the mercurial to the air thermometer, and thence to the absolute scale, has generally been neglected between 0° and 100° by most physicists, though it is known that they differ several tenths of a degree at the 45° point. In calorimetric researches this may produce an error of over one, and even approaching two per cent, especially when a Geissler thermometer is used, which is the worst in this respect of any that I have experimented on; and small intervals on the mercurial thermometers differ among themselves more than one per cent from the difference of the glass used in them.
Again, as water is necessarily the liquid used in calorimeters, its variation of Specific heat with the temperature is a very important factor in the determination of the equivalent. Strange as it may appear, we may be said to know almost nothing about the variation of the specific heat of water with the temperature between 0° and 100° C.
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Paperback. Condizione: New. Print on Demand. This book presents the results of a thorough study into the mechanical equivalent of heat, with subsidiary research on the variation of the mercurial from the air thermometer, and on the variation of the specific heat of water. The author, a respected physicist of their time, sought to determine the ratio of the heat unit to the unit of mechanical work with unprecedented accuracy using a calorimetric method capable of generating reliable results. Their work was groundbreaking, as they were among the first to reduce their results to the air thermometer and thence to the absolute scale. This research was of utmost importance in the development of thermodynamics, and the author's findings continue to impact the field today. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Codice articolo 9781333355074_0
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