A Pocket-book of Mechanical Engineering: Tables, Data, Formulas, Theory, and Examples, for Engineers and Students

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C. M. Sames, 1906 - 195 pages
 

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Page 107 - A solid immersed in a liquid is buoyed up by a force equal to the weight of the liquid displaced.
Page 4 - If the given number is greater than 1, make the characteristic of its logarithm one less than the number of figures to the left of the decimal point in the number.
Page 1 - Dry Measure. — 2 pints = 1 quart; 8 quarts = 1 peck; 4 pecks = 1 bushel.
Page 59 - Since the heat of liquid technically means the quantity of heat necessary to raise one pound of water from 32° F.
Page 57 - The British thermal unit (BTU) is the. amount of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 pound of water 1° F.
Page 63 - Secondly, it has been shown that for an unjaeketed engine with a given ratio of expansion initial condensation, expressed as a percentage of the steam in the cylinder, diminishes with increase of initial temperature, while the total condensation per stroke increases with such temperature increase. This, though suggested by Messrs. Callendar and...
Page 57 - The calory is the amount of heat required to raise one kilogram of water one degree Centigrade. The gram-calory is the amount of heat required to raise one gram of water one degree Centigrade.
Page 147 - Ans. .6808 microhm ELECTROSTATIC CAPACITY 43. The electrostatic capacity of a conductor is measured by the quantity of electricity with which it must be charged in order to raise its electric potential from zero to unity. To make the meaning clearer, let us consider the capacity of a rubber bag when it is filled with water or gas.
Page 1 - CIRCULAR MEASURE 60 seconds — 1 minute 60 minutes = 1 degree 90 degrees - 1 quadrant 4 quadrants = 1 circle...

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