...Hinton : "Thoughts on Health "—chapter on " Force." a great conservative principle. The equivalent of heat that will raise the temperature of one pound of water one degree, will be exactly represented by the mechanical force required to raise 772 Ibs. one foot high. The quantiy...

...by the cobwebs of our own land. — SL Clayes, Swiss Cross. A POUND OF COAL. A unit of heat is the quantity of heat, that will raise the temperature of one pound of water, at or near its greatest density, one degree Fahrenheit. If w& place this pound of water in a...

...equivalent of this is 772 foot-pounds.. That is to say, in other words, that the amount of heat which will raise the temperature of one pound of water one degree, will also raise 772 pounds one foot, or one pound seven hundred and seventy-two feet, the weight in pounds...

...amount of mechanical energy is accompanied by the production of an equivalent amount of heat. units. The quantity of heat that will raise the temperature of one pound of water one Fahrenheit degree is equivalent to about 778 foot-pounds. For centigrade degrees the equivalent...

...amount of mechanical energy is accompanied by the production of an equivalent amount of heat. units. The quantity of heat that will raise the temperature of one pound of water one Fahrenheit degree is equivalent to about 778 foot-pounds. For centigrade degrees the-equivalent...

...have some unit or standard of measurement and comparison. The unit of heat generally adopted is that quantity of heat that will raise the temperature of one pound of water one degree. One unit of heat if applied to one pound of anything else will not have precisely...

...Equivalent of Heat signifies the numerical relation between work-units and equivalent heatunits. (a) The quantity of heat that will raise the temperature of one pound of water one Fahrenheit degree is equivalent to about 778 footpounds. For centigrade degrees the equivalent...

...Equivalent of Heat signifies the numerical relation between work-units and equivalent heatunits. (a) The quantity of heat that will raise the temperature of one pound of water one Fahrenheit degree is equivalent to about 778 footpounds. For centigrade degrees the equivalent...

...gives the number of heat units at the various temperatures. A British thermal or heat unit is that quantity of heat that will raise the temperature of one pound of pure water, at or about 39 degrees Fahrenheit, one degree. . •uh . *jfc . . •" t. §•". tfQ&...

...gallons of water, and we will use four tanks over the road, which is a fair average. A unit of heat is a quantity of heat that will raise the temperature of one pound of water one degree; as there are 8.83 pounds of water in one gallon of water, we will figure it out in...