 ... be raised indefinitely, it is impossible to utilize all the energy which, according to the first law of thermo-dynamics, is resident in the coal. On a sounder view of the matter, the efficiency of the steam-engine is found to be so high that there...  Scientific Papers: 1881-1887 - Page 340by John William Strutt Baron Rayleigh - 1900Full view - About this book
 | John Michels (Journalist) - 1884 - 652 pages
...manifest, that, as the temperature of the boiler cannot be raised indefinitely, it is impossible to utilize all the energy which, according to the first law of...to the theoretical question, we may say, with Sir TV. Thomson, that, though energy cannot be destroyed, it ever tends to be dissipated, or to pass from... | |
 | John Michels (Journalist) - 1884 - 668 pages
...manifest, that, as the temperature of the boiler cannot be raised indefinitely, it is impossible to utilize all the energy which, according to the first law of...No one who has grasped this principle can fail to recognize its immense importance in the system of the universe. Every change — chemical, thermal,... | |
 | 1884 - 660 pages
...manifest, that, as the temperature of the boiler cannot be raised indefinitely, it is impossible to utilize all the energy which, according to the first law of...No one who has grasped this principle can fail to recognize its immense importance in the system of the universe. Every change — chemical, thermal,... | |
 | 1884 - 954 pages
...that, as the temperature of the boiler can not be raised indefinitely, it is impossible to utilize all the energy which, according to the first law of...we may say with Sir "W. Thomson that, though energy can not be destroyed, it ever tends to be dissipated, or to pass from more available to less available... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1885 - 1240 pages
...regard also to the second law. According to that law the fraction of the total energy which can bo converted into work depends upon the relative temperatures...and many good judges look forward to a time when the steam -engine will have to give way to its younger rival. To return to the theoretical question, we... | |
 | 1885 - 284 pages
...manifest that, as the temperature of the boiler cannot be raised indefinitely, it is impossible to utilize all the energy which, according to the first law of...to the theoretical question, we may say with Sir W. Thompson, that, though energy cannot be destroyed, it ever tends to be dissipated, or to pass from... | |
 | 1885 - 324 pages
...high that there is no great margin remaining for improvement. The higher initial temperature Invisible in the gas-engine opens out much wider possibilities,...steam-engine will have to give way to its younger rival. or can take place in Nature does so at the cost of a certain amount of available energy. If, therefore,... | |
 | 1884 - 338 pages
...no great margin remaining for improvement. The higher initial temperature possible in the gas engine opens out much wider possibilities, and many good judges look forward to a time when the steam engine will have to give way to its younger rival. THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CONFERENCE. IN accordance... | |
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