Excerpt from Thermodynamics of the Steam-Engine and Other Heat-Engines When this work was first in preparation the author had before him the problem of teaching thermodynamics so that students in engineering could use the results immediately in connection with experiments in the Engineering Laboratories of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The acceptance of the book by teachers of engineering appears to justify the general plan, which will be adhered to now that the development of engineering and presentation of new physical investigations call for a complete revision. The author is still of the opinion that the general mathematical presentation due to Clausius and Kelvin is the most satisfactory, and carries with it the ability to read current thermodynamic investigation by physicists and engineers. At the same time it is recognized that recent determinations of the properties of both saturated and superheated steam so far narrow the applications of the general method that there is justification for those who prefer special methods for those applications. To provide for both views of this subject, the general mathematical discussion is presented in a separate chapter, which may be omitted at the first reading (or altogether), provided that the special methods which arc also given in the proper places are taken to be sufficient. Following the method of the first edition the original experimental data, on which the working equations whether logical or empirical must be based, are given with particularity, to afford an idea of the degree of precision to be attributed to calculations made by their aid. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.