 | T. Hands - 1884 - 104 pages
...raise the temperature of a gram of iron 1° as to raise that of a gram of tin 1°. The quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of a given mass of a substance one degree compared with that required to raise the temperature of an equal mass of water one degree... | |
 | Joseph Gregory Horner - 1892 - 516 pages
...to that of air at the same temperature and pressure, if a gas. It is denoted by the initials sp. gr. Specific Heat. — The ratio of the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of a given weight of a substance through 1" F. to the quantity of heat required to... | |
 | Richard Glazebrook - 1894 - 256 pages
...greater than that given out by 1 gramme of tin or lead under similar circumstances. 34. Definition of Specific Heat. The ratio of the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of a given mass of any substance 1° to the quantity of heat required to raise the... | |
 | Sir Richard Tetley Glazebrook - 1894 - 482 pages
...than that given out by 1 gramme of tin or lead under similar circumstances.. OH 3 34. Definition of Specific Heat. The ratio of the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of a given mass of any substance 1° to the quantity of heat required to raise the... | |
 | Sir Richard Arman Gregory, Sir Richard Gregory, Arthur Thomas Simmons - 1899 - 192 pages
...define specific heat in two ways ; either you may say that it is "the ratio of the number of calories required to raise the temperature of a given mass of a substance through a certain number of degrees of temperature compared with that required to raise the temperature of an... | |
 | R. A. Gregory - 1901 - 156 pages
...unit mass is usually compared. Specific heat may be defined as "the ratio of the number of calories required to raise the temperature of a given mass of a substance through a certain number of degrees of temperature, compared with that required to raise the temperature of an... | |
 | Exum Percival Lewis - 1903 - 216 pages
...although not in the ordinary work units. 2. Change of Temperature.—If a certain amount of heat is required to raise the temperature of a given mass of a substance from 0° to 1°, it will evidently require n times as much heat to raise the temperature of n times... | |
 | Sir Richard Glazebrook - 1904 - 288 pages
...greater than that given ""t by 1 gramme of tin or lead under similar circumstances. 34. Definition of Specific Heat. The ratio of the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of a given mass of any substance 1° to the quantity of heat required to raise the... | |
 | James David Hoffman, Benedict Frederick Raber - 1910 - 354 pages
...pound, while the latter is called latent heat of evaporation, and for water is 969.7 B. tu per pound. SPECIFIC HEAT. — The ratio of the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of a substance one degree, to that required to raise the temperature of water one degree... | |
 | Francis M. Hartmann - 1911 - 366 pages
...at ordinary temperatures, to raise the temperature of 1 pound of water through 1 degree Fahrenheit. 12. Thermal Capacity per Unit Mass and Specific Heat....The ratio of the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of a given mass of a substance through a given temperature interval, to the quantity... | |
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Specific Heat. The ratio of the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of a given mass of... 
