...whose papers * we have taken this notice, gives the above not very evident axiom in the more convincing form : "It is impossible, by means of inanimate material...temperature of the coldest of the surrounding objects." Carnot showed that, on his principles, the amount of work done by transference of a given amount of...

...whose papers 1 we have taken this notice, gives the above not very evident axiom in the more convincing form : "It is impossible, by means of inanimate material...derive mechanical effect from any portion of matter by cooliny it below the temperature of tht coldest of the surrounding objects." Carnot showed that, on...

...ever to expand, never to concentrate. Sir W. Thomson expresses this axiom in the following terms :—" It is impossible by means of inanimate material agency...temperature of the coldest of the surrounding objects." The reviewer has, further, succeeded in demonstrating that the peculiar limitation affecting the transformation...

...convey heat from one body to another at a higher temperature. Thomson gives it a slightly different form:— It is impossible, by means of inanimate material...temperature of the coldest of the surrounding objects. By comparing together these statements, the student will be able to make himself master of the fact...

...convey heat from one body to another at a higher temperature. Thomson gives it a slightly different form:— It is impossible, by means of inanimate material...temperature of the coldest of the surrounding objects. By comparing together these statements, the student will be able to make himself master of the fact...

...convey heat from one body to another at a higher temperature. Thomson gives it a slightly different form:— It is impossible, by means of inanimate material...temperature of the coldest of the surrounding objects. By comparing together these statements, the student will be able to make himself master of the fact...

...convey heat from one body to another at a higher temperature. Thomson gives it a slightly different form :— It is impossible, by means of inanimate...temperature of the coldest of the surrounding objects. By comparing together these statements, the student will be able to make himself master of the fact...

...reversible engine. The second law of Thermodynamics quoted above, as given by Sir W. Thomson, states that " it is impossible by means of inanimate material agency to derive mechanical work from any portion of matter by cooling it below the temperature of the coldest of surrounding objects."...

...reversible engine. The second law of Thermodynamics quoted above, as given by Sir W. Thomson, states that " it is impossible by means of inanimate material agency to derive mechanical work from any portion of matter by cooling it below the temperature of the coldest of surrounding objects."...

...attempting to lay down anything too definite on the subject. The following is the axiom he gives:— " It is impossible by means of inanimate material agency...temperature of the coldest of the surrounding objects." » See Tait, Phil. Mag., 1872, I. 338, 516 ; II. 240. THE PRESENT PHYSICAL UNIVERSE. " 87 But he appends...