Thermodynamics of the Steam-Engine and Other Heat-Engines (Classic Reprint)

When this work was first in preparation the author had before liim the problem of teaching thermodynamics so that students in engineering could use the results inmiediately in connection with experiments in theE ngineering Laboratories of theM assachusetts Institute ofT echnology. The acceptance of the book by teachers of engineering appears to justify its general plan, which will be adhered to now that the development of engineering calls for a complete revision. The author is still of the opinion that the general mathematical presentation due to Clausius and Kelvin is most satisfactory and carries with it the ability to read current thermodynamic investigations by engineers and physicists. At the same time it is recognized that recent investigations of superheated steam are presented in such a way as to narrow the applications of the general method so that there is justification for those who prefer special methods for those applications. To provide for both views of this subject, the general mathematical discussion is presented in a separate chapter, which may be omitted at the first reading (or altogether), provided that the special methods, which also are given in the proper places, are taken to be suflB cient. The first edition presented fundamental data not generally accepted at that time, so that it was considered necessary to justify the data by giving the derivation at length; much of this matter, which is no longer new, is removed to an appendix, to relieve the student of discussions that must appear unnecessary and. tedious. The introduction of the steam-turbine has changed adiabatic calculations for steam, from an apparent academic abstraction, to a common necessity.
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