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Reference numberPT/75/8/4
LevelItem
TitleDiagrams, graphs of general equation of thermodynamics by WJMR [William John Macquorn Rankine]
DateDecember 1858
DescriptionFigures 1-2 showing two graphs of the general equation of thermodynamics, figure 2 illustrating its application to fluids changing from liquids to gas. Inscribed recto and verso with publication and plate details. A graphite inscription up the left side reads 'Reduce one-third'. Signed in ink bottom right 'WJMR.' An ink inscription bottom left reads 'Decr. 1858.' The manuscript for this paper is wanting.

Subject: Engineering / Physics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the thermo-dynamic theory of steam-engines with dry saturated steam, and its application to practice' by William John Macquorn Rankine.

Received by the Royal Society on 27 December 1858. Read 27 January 1859.
Extent2p
FormatDiagram
Physical descriptionInk on paper
Dimensions325x200mm
Digital imagesView item on Science in the Making
Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1859.0010
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1857.0123
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA1846Rankine; William John Macquorn (1820 - 1872)1820 - 1872
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