william j m rankine

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Definition von william j m rankine im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

born July 5, 1820, Edinburgh, Scot. died Dec. 24, 1872, Glasgow Scottish engineer and physicist, one of the founders of thermodynamics. His classic Manual of the Steam Engine and Other Prime Movers (1859) was the first attempt at a systematic treatment of the theory of steam engines. He worked out a thermodynamic cycle of events (the Rankine cycle) that was used as a standard for the performance of steam-power installations in which a condensable vapour provides the working fluid

Silbentrennung

Wil·liam j m Ran·kine

Türkische aussprache

wîlyım cey em rängkayn

Aussprache

/ˈwəlyəm ˈʤā ˈem ˈraɴɢˌkīn/ /ˈwɪljəm ˈʤeɪ ˈɛm ˈræŋˌkaɪn/