Abstract

THE title “mechanical equivalent of heat” tends to make one consider that J means the ratio of a quantity of mechanical energy to an equivalent quantity of heat; but since heat is mechanical energy (in a molecular form) it follows that J on this supposition is equal to unity, and therefore unnecessary.

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