"Kilo" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... was absorbed by the air and transformed into useful work. Whether gas or coal be employed as the fuel, the amount required is so small as to be scarcely worth consideration; according to the experiments carried out, it does not exceed 0.09 kilo. per horse power and per hour, but it is scarcely to be expected that in regular practice this quantity is not largely exceeded. Professor Weyrauch has also carefully investigated this part of the subject and fully confirms, if he, indeed, does not go beyond Professor Gutermuth. He claims ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 803, May 23, 1891 • Various
... Compared—Centigrade and Fahr. Thermometers.—Chapters I, Introduction.—II., Estimation of the Maximum Weight of Saturated Aqueous Vapour which can be contained in 1 kilo. of Air at Different Pressure and Temperatures.—III., Calculation of the Necessary Weight and Volume of Air, and of the Least Expenditure of Heat, per Drying Apparatus with Heated Air, at the Atmospheric Pressure: A, With the Assumption that the ...
— The Dyeing of Cotton Fabrics - A Practical Handbook for the Dyer and Student • Franklin Beech |
