 You are provided with plates of the four metals mentioned in the last question, and are required to devise a means of determining their radiative powers ; how will you proceed ? 278. A weight of a ton is lifted by a steam engine to a height of 386 feet,...  A short manual of heat - Page 119by Alexander Irving - 1875Full view - About this book
 | 1872 - 398 pages
...this year, there is the following question :— " A weight of a ton is lifted by a steam engine to the height of 386 feet ; what is the amount of heat consumed in this act?" It is quite puzzling, the confusion existing in different treatises on this subject, and... | |
 | Richard Evans Day - 1875 - 66 pages
...either in foot-tons or- metre-kilogrammes) of the amount of heat evolved from 1 lb. of the coal. (36.) A weight of a ton is lifted by a steam-engine to a...of 386 feet; what is the amount of heat consumed in this act? (37.) 1,000 cubic feet of water has to be raised to a height of 200 feet per minute : the... | |
 | William Lees - 1877 - 318 pages
...determining their radiative powers ; how will you proceed ? 12. A weight of a ton is lifted by a steam engine to a height of 386 feet, what is the amount of heat consumed in this act ? 13. Why, as a general rule, are white clothes cooler in summer than dark ones ? If it could... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1879 - 668 pages
...determining their radiative powers ; how will you proceed ? 32. A weight of a ton is lifted by a steam engine to a height of 386 feet, what is the amount of heat consumed in this act ? 33. Why, as a general rule, are white clothes cooler in summer than dark ones ? If it could... | |
 | Charles Bird (B.A., F.R.A.S.) - 1880 - 206 pages
...their radiative powers ; how will you proceed ? 278. A weight of a ton is lifted by a steam engine to a height of 386 feet, what is the amount of heat consumed in this act ? 279. Why as a general rule, are white clothes cooler in summer than dark ones? If it could... | |
 | 1888 - 666 pages
...noticed to be wet in the morning, although there has been no rain, while the gravel paths are dry. 6. A weight of a ton is lifted by a steam-engine to a height of 386 feet. Taking J= 772, show that the work done represents a consumption of heat that would raise 10 lbs. of... | |
 | Mark Robinson Wright - 1888 - 280 pages
...raised in temperature. xx -75 degree. '772 -095 - " 3. A mass of a ton is lifted by a steam engine to a height of 386 feet ; what is the amount of heat consumed in this act ? Work done = 2240 x 386 foot pounds. 772 foot pounds raise the temperature of I Ib. of water... | |
 | 1889 - 584 pages
...with, a pound of ice-cold mercury, what will be the temperature (centigrade) of the mixture ? 4. A mass of a ton is lifted by a steam-engine to a height of 193 feet. Find an expression for the amount of heat consumed, taking J ~ 772. 5. Describe how a thermometer... | |
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