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IN Watts's “Dictionary of Chemistry” (vol. iii. p. 125), in the article on Heat by Prof. G. C. Foster, it appears to me that an important error has crept into the discussion of the above calculation.
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BICKERTON, A. On an Error in Regnault's Calculation of the Heat Converted into Work in the Steam Engine. Nature 4, 203 (1871). https://doi.org/10.1038/004203a0
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