| Reference number | PT/48/6/7 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Plate, figures 21-24 showing isothermal lines, pressure in a vapour engine, and curve of free expansion by William John Macquorn Rankine |
| Date | 3 December 1853 |
| Description | Figures 21-24 illustrating isothermal lines for liquids and vapours, pressure in a vapour engine, and a curve of free expansion.
Subject: Physics / Mathematics
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the geometrical representation of the expansive action of heat, and the theory of thermo-dynamic engines'.
Written by Rankine in Glasgow. Received by the Royal Society on 5 December 1853. Read 19 January 1854. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Diagram |
| Physical description | Ink diagrams on paper |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1850.0139 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1854.0007 |
| Related records in the catalogue | RR/2/198 |
| RR/2/199 |
| PT/48/6 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA1846 | Rankine; William John Macquorn (1820 - 1872) | 1820 - 1872 |