1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910715656803321

Titolo

Alexander Gillis. (To accompany Bill H.R. No. 200.) December 22, 1837

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : [publisher not identified], , 1837

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (2 pages)

Collana

House report / 25th Congress, 2nd session. House ; ; no. 175

[United States congressional serial set ] ; ; [serial no. 333]

Altri autori (Persone)

BondWilliam Key <1792-1864> (Whig (OH))

Soggetti

Claims

Military pensions

Armed Forces - Officers

Legislative materials.

United States History Revolution, 1775-1783

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

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FDLP item number not assigned.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911007090103321

Autore

Van Ness H. C (Hendrick C.)

Titolo

Understanding thermodynamics / / H.C. van Ness

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Dover Publications, Inc., , 1983

ISBN

9780486132280

0486132285

9781621986256

162198625X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (156 pages)

Collana

Dover books on mathematics

Disciplina

536.7

536/.7

Soggetti

Thermodynamics

Physics

Physical Sciences & Mathematics

Termodinàmica

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Unabridged and corrected republication of the work originally published by McGraw-Hill Book Company, N.Y., in 1969

Nota di contenuto

DOVER BOOKS ON MATHEMATICS; Title Page; Copyright Page; Preface; Table of Contents; 1 - Energy Conservation-The First Law of Thermodynamics; 2 - The Concept of Reversibility; 3 - Heat Engines; 4 - Power Plants; 5 - The Second Law of Thermodynamics; 6 - More on the Second Law; 7 - Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics; DOVER BOOKS - IN SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS

Sommario/riassunto

Grappling with the first and second laws of thermodynamics can test the intellectual mettle of even the most dedicated student of the physical sciences. Approaching the subject for the first time may raise more queries and doubts than are usually handled in the basic, straightforward textbook.Based on a series of lectures delivered to 500 sophomore engineering students at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Dr. Van Neer's clear, lucid treatment is readily comprehensible by undergraduate-level science and engineering students. His language is



informal, his examples are vivid and lively, his per