 The Specific Heat of a body is the ratio of the quantity of heat required to raise that body one degree to the quantity required to raise an equal weight of water one degree.  A Text-book of physiology - Page 266by Isaac Ott - 1904 - 563 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Clerk Maxwell - 1904 - 376 pages
...the substance. DEFINITION OF SPECIFIC HEAT. The Specific Heat of a body is the ratio of the quatitity of heat required to raise that body one degree to...required to raise an equal weight of water one degree. The specific heat therefore is a ratio of two quantities of the same kind, and is expressed by the... | |
 | Thomas Hansom Cockin - 1904 - 456 pages
...than this, as the friction in engine and gearing has not been taken into account. Specific Heat.—The specific heat of a body is the ratio of the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of that body 1 degree to the quantity required to raise an equal weight of water i... | |
 | T. H. Cockin - 1906 - 462 pages
...than this, as the friction in engine and gearing has not been taken into account. Specific Heat. — The specific heat of a body is the ratio of the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of that body 1 degree to the quantity required to raise an equal weight of water 1... | |
 | Rolla Clinton Carpenter, Herman Diederichs - 1908 - 630 pages
...capacity of bodies compared with water is termed specific heat, which is usually defined as follows: The specific heat of a body is the ratio of the quantity of heat required to raise that body one degree in temperature, to the quantity required to raise an equal weight of water at standard temperature... | |
 | James Beveridge - 1911 - 276 pages
...Fahrenheit. The capacity of a bo ly for heat is measured by determining the nuo'ber of units of htat required to raise that body one degree of temperature....required to raise an equal weight of water one degree. The following table gives the specific heats of various bodies : — Latent heat is the quantity of... | |
 | 1920 - 934 pages
...general physics. ALLAN D. RISTEEN, Pn.D. SPECIFIC HEAT. Maxwell defines this expression as follows : "The specific heat of a body is the ratio of the quantity of heat required to raise (the temperature of) that body one degree, to the quantity required to raise (the temperature of) an... | |
 | 1920 - 934 pages
...general physics. ALLAN D. RISTEEN, PH.D. SPECIFIC HEAT. Maxwell defines this expression as follows : "The specific heat of a body is the ratio of the quantity of heat required to raise (the temperature of) that body one degree, to the quantity required to raise (the temperature of) an... | |
 | 1924 - 310 pages
...MP-=Melting point- BP-=Boiling pointFP-= Freezing pointTABLE OF SPECIFIC HEATS AT ORDINARY TEMPERATURES The specific heat of a body is the ratio of the quantity of heat required to raise that body 1° to the quantity required to raise an equal weight of water 1°- Example: — Water is the standard=l-... | |
 | 1918 - 520 pages
...of the gas, also its specific heat, which is the ration of the heat required to raise that substance one degree to the quantity required to raise an equal weight of water one degree. The specific heat of air' at constant pressure is 0.2375 and that of the exhaust gases may be assumed... | |
 | James Clerk Maxwell, Peter Pesic - 2001 - 404 pages
...we refer to unit of mass of the substance. DEFINITION OF SPECIFIC HEAT. The Specific Heat of a bodv is the ratio of the quantity of heat required to raise that bodv one degree to the quantity required to raise an equal weight of water one degree, The specific... | |
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