Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 110 pages of information about Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891.

Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 110 pages of information about Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891.
      192 1.326 0.0609
      202 1.347 0.0600
      212 1.367 0.0591
      230 1.404 0.0575
      250 1.444 0.0559
      275 1.495 0.0540
      300 1.546 0.0522
      325 1.597 0.0506
      350 1.648 0.0490
      375 1.689 0.0477
      400 1.750 0.0461
      450 1.852 0.0436
      500 1.954 0.0413
      550 2.056 0.0384
      600 2.15[1] 0.0376
      650 2.260 0.0357
      700 2.362 0.0338
      750 2.464 0.0328
      800 2.566 0.0315
      850 2.668 0.0303
      900 2.770 0.0292
      950 2.872 0.0281
    1,000 2.974 0.0268
    1,100 3.177 0.0254
    1,200 3.381 0.0239
    1,300 3.585 0.0225
    1,400 3.789 0.0213
    1,500 3.993 0.0202
    1,600 4.197 0.0192
    1,700 4.401 0.0183
    1,800 4.605 0.0175
    1,900 4.809 0.0168
    2,000 5.012 0.0161
    2,100 5.216 0.0155
    2,200 5.420 0.0149
    2,300 5.624 0.0142
    2,400 5.828 0.0138
    2,500 6.032 0.0133
    2,600 6.236 0.0130
    2,700 6.440 0.0125
    2,800 6.644 0.0121
    2,900 6.847 0.0118
    3,000 7.051 0.0114
    3,100 7.255 0.0111
    3,200 7.459 0.0108

[Transcribers note 1:  last digit illegible]

The effect of this heat of compression in increasing the volume, and the heat produced at different stages of compression, are shown by the following table: 

TABLE 2.—­HEAT PRODUCED BY COMPRESSION OF AIR.

--------+-----------------------+----------+-----------
-+------------- | Pressure. | | | Atmo- +-----------+-----------+ Volume |Temperature | Total spheres.|Pounds per |Pounds per | in Cubic | of the Air | Increase of |Square Inch|Square Inch| Feet. | throughout | Temperature. | above a |above the | |the Process.| Degrees. | Vacuum. |Atmosphere | | Degrees. | | |(Gauge | | | | |Pressure). | | | --------+-----------+-----------+----------+------------+---
---------- 1.00 | 14.70 | 0.00 | 1.0000 | 60.0 | 00.0 1.10 | 16.17 | 1.47 | 0.9346 | 74.6 | 14.6
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