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4. Notes to a Paper on the Motive Power of Heat
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 16 March 2015
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(1.) On the Values of μ derived from Observations on the Vapours of various Liquids.
An important test of the truth of the axiom on which Carnot's Theory is founded, will be afforded by comparing the values of μ deduced from observations on various liquids. I am informed by Mons. Regnault, that, by the end of this year, data as complete as those which we at present possess for water, will be supplied for five or six different liquids, from certain investigations with which he is now occupied. Carnot gives values of μ for the temperatures of the boiling of sulphuric ether, alcohol, water, and essence of turpentine, derived from various observations upon those liquids.
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page no 242 note * i.e. The “capacity for heat” of a unit of volume.
page no 243 note * I am indebted to the kindness of Professor Gordon, of Glasgow, for the experimental data.
page no 243 note † Pressure 3½ atmospheres; 37 lb. on the square inch of the safety-valve.