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HEAT EQUIVALENT [2 records]

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Record 1 1981-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Refrigeration Engineering

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques du froid

Spanish

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Record 2 1981-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Energy (Physics)
DEF

A factor to convert heat into energy units: 1 mean calorie= 4.1816 X 10 [to the seventh power] ergs (...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Énergie (Physique)
CONT

L'énergie est fournie par des sources et sous des formes diverses: énergie mécanique, calorifique, chimique, électrique. Il faut trouver une unité commune. Il semble que la mesure en termes d'équivalents mécaniques ou électriques [soit] la plus précise. Ce n'est pourtant pas la méthode généralement employée par les économistes: ils transforment toutes les formes d'énergie en équivalent charbon, en équivalent calorifique.

Spanish

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