...0.29 1.34 tractcd from the total heat units found, giving " net " units. The British thermal unit is the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water 1° F. In the following table the results are given for one cubic foot of gas measured, saturated with moisture,...

...prevailing winds. From the best evidence I can obtain, which need not here be * The English hrat-unit It the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water 1° Fahr. in temperature, nnd the French heat-unit, or calorie, Is the amount of heat required to raise...

...motion and the energy of molecular motion, which is known as Joule's equivalent, and is thus expressed : The amount of heat required to raise one pound of water 1° F. is competent to lift 772 pounds one foot high. The converse is also true; if 772 pounds be dropped...

...gravity weighs 6.16 pounds per gallon and contains 18,000 BTU per pound. (BTU= British Thermal Unit. 1 BTU is the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree Fahrenheit.) The boiling point of gasoline ranges from 150° to 180° F. One pound of liquid...

...thermal unit centigrade is the amount of heat required to raise nuit mass of water from 0 to 1° C. and the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water 1° F. (from 32° to ;13° F). The mechanical equivalents of the "nuit of heat'' in the two system« hear...

...heat required to raise one kilogramme (2.2046 pounds) of water from o to 1° Cent. (1°.8 Fahr.), and the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water 1° Fahr. (from 32° to 33° Fahr.). The mechanical equivalents of the " unit of heat " in the two systems...

...prevailing winds. From the best evidence I can obtain, which need not here be * The English heat-unit Is the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water 1° Fahr. in temperature, and the French heat-unit, or calorie, is the amount of heat required to raise...

...fuels the figures are usually given in British thermal units. A British thermal unit, (abbreviated to Btu), is the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water one degree F. The values of some common fuels are as follows: — One pound of wood yields 5,760 Btu...

...— Heat (in joules) = C2Rt. (§ 34.) C, R, and t being in amperes, ohms, and seconds respectively. 1 British Thermal Unit (BTU) is the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water from 6Cf F. to 61° F. That is, it practically represents a pound weight of water raised one Fahrenheit...

...approximate amount of energy stored in a pound of various materials is shown in the following table: One BTU is the amount of heat required to raise one pound of water i degree F. The foot-pound is the work expended in raising one pound i foot high in any time. * If...