Heat for engineers : a treatise on heat with special regard to its practical applications - C O N T E X T S - i G 1 . Xatur. r of 11 atlCu1nfbl-desx l erime ts--Joule e s x pel-imc, nts-Connectioll I i, tneeli 11c. a a nd other fonils of ene gy-Consel. v ltion of cnern b Y - . I le. it n it, oniicction between heat units arid other c, llergy ilnits---Vseful co l. tarlts allcl l i s c e l l a d e a o u . s . I 31 1 1 1 1 1 l 1 I PJ OIJLCLh IIEA I . l 1 P I lI, I JIl. lSU J VAI,-A I O I X l l I--k T, h. Ihel-rn tl cal ac ity--Sl eciIfIiI J. I - 5Ic 11ot o l f r i s r l r e i - c . t l i d of 1.. i, o.-l i nsens ice calol-inletcl. C rncl nintioi n c l o t - - J s c le n l tl l s c lc - i-Inclcl-Cooling e t l o i l - l s v p e r c itic llc t of g hc-, tr cu i t l f pressure and consta11L 1-ol une-lnl, lc of sl ecific Iicnts - - l l i c i W temperature on specific heat Llulong a11rl Ictiis lnxv. . . . - Heat for Engineers. PACE methods of determination for solids, liquids and gases-Relative and absolute expansion-Tables of coefficients of expansion-Special cases of nickel-steel non-expansive alloy and vitrified silica-Anomalous expansion of water nlaximuln density-Uniform expansion of gases Charles law . . 50 CHAPTER V. PRACTIC. 41. APPLICATIONS OF THE PROPERTY OF KXPANSION. Expansion of rails, girders, boilers, and working parts of engines-Steampipe joints-Shrinking of tires, etc.-Contraction of Illeta1 castings-Allowance for contraction in making patterns-Breakage due to sudden expansion and contraction-Correction of measures-Scales of constant length-Correction for expansion of liquids-Thermo-regulators-Com pound strips-Fire-alarms-Compensated balance-wheel of watch-Thermostats-Steam-traps, or water-ejectors-Compensated pendulums 73 CHAPIER VI. ATRIOSPH EKIC PRESSURE. GENERAL PROPERTIES OF GASES. rhe atmosphere-Atmospheric pressure-The mercury barometer--Fortins barometer-Correction of readings- Normal barometric pressure--Aneroid barometer-Kinetic theory of matter-Distinctive properties of gases-Gaseous pressure-Boyles law-Definition of a perfect gas-Isothermals-Work done in isothermal compression-Charlesy law-Absolute zero--Combination of the laws of Boyle and Charles-Heat produced by the compression of gases-Joules experiments-Poro s plug experiment-Adiabatic compression and expansion-Ratio of the two specific heats of gases-Calculation of rise in temperature due to adiabatic compression-Mayers calculation-Pressure caused by explosives-Absorption of gases by porous solids application to gas-lighters and productiol of vacua. . . 93 CHAPTER VII. THE MEASUREMENT OF TEhIPERATURE. LIQUID AND GAS THERMOMETERS. Definition of temperature-Standards-Available methods of measuring temperatures-The mercury, g, and thermodynamic scales-Making and graduation of liquid-in-bulb thermometers-Defects-Conversion of Centigrade, Fahrenheit, and RCaumur scales-Special range thermo Contents. vii PAG L meters-Registering thermometers-High temperature thermometers-Constant pressure and constant volume gas thermometers use in establishing star dardso f temperature . . 119 CHAPTER VIII. THE MEASUREMENT OF HIGH TEhIPERATURES. PY ROM ETRY...