Paper, 'Synthetical investigation of the duty of a perfect thermo-dynamic engine founded on the expansions and condensations of a fluid for which the gaseous laws hold, and the ratio (K) of the specific heat under constant pressure to the specific heat in constant volume is constant: and modification of the result by the assumption of Mayer's hypothesis' by Wm [William] Thomson

William Thomson, Paper, 'Synthetical investigation of the duty of a perfect thermo-dynamic engine founded on the expansions and condensations of a fluid for which the gaseous laws hold, and the ratio (K) of the specific heat under constant pressure to the specific heat in constant volume is constant: and modification of the result by the assumption of Mayer's hypothesis' by Wm [William] Thomson, 16 February 1852, PT/43/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_43_5/paper-synthetical-investigation-of-the-duty-of-a-perfect-thermo-dynamic-engine-founded-on-the-expansions-and-condensations-of-a-fluid-for-which-the-gaseous-laws-hold-and-the-ratio-k-of-the-specific-heat-under-constant-pressure-to-the-specific-heat-in-constant-volume-is-constant-and-modification-of-the-result-by-the-assumption-of-mayers-hypothesis-by-wm-william-thomson, accessed on 09 May 2026

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