Entropy: Or, Thermodynamics From an Engineer's Standpoint, and the Reversibility of Thermodynamics (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

James Swinburne

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1332218075 ISBN 13 : 9781332218073

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2016

Synopsis

Excerpt from Entropy: Or, Thermodynamics From an Engineer's Standpoint, and the Reversibility of Thermodynamics

My reason for adding another little book on thermodynamics to those in existence is that it is wanted. As far as I am aware there is not any work on the steam or gas-engine in this country that gives a correct definition of entropy. I do not know about foreign text-books on this subject. This is rather a serious indictment; and when it is added that most treatises on Physics, English and foreign, contain incorrect definitions of entropy, and that even some of those specially on thermodynamics are at fault, especially in classing entropy as a factor of heat, there is no need for any apology, at least, for the appearance of a book like this.

Instead of treating the subject in the orthodox way, however, I have ventured on a new method of explaining it. The reasons for adopting this method are given in the paper, "The Reversibility of Thermodynamics," at the end of the book.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1332218075
• ISBN 13: 9781332218073
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 153
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