Quotessence
Home / Quotes / Quote / Image

Quote image editor William John Macquorn Rankine

Back to previous page

“This law (regarding the theoretical efficiency of heat engines by Mr. Joule), and the law of the maximum efficiency of heat engines, are particular cases of a general law which regulates all transformation of energy, and is the basis of the Science of Energetics.” — William John Macquorn Rankine

Quote 1080 x 1350 Instagram portrait
More
Platforms
Pure ratios
This law (regarding the theoretical efficiency of heat engines by Mr. Joule), and the law of the maximum efficiency of heat engines, are particular cases of a general law which regulates all transformation of energy, and is the basis of the Science of Energetics.
— William John Macquorn Rankine