Mariotte's law
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Mariotte's law
1895–1900; named after Edme Mariotte (died 1684), French physicist
Example Sentences
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For example, Boyle’s law, which links a gas’s pressure and volume, is often known in France as Mariotte’s law, after seventeenth century physicist Edme Mariotte, who discovered it independently of Anglo-Irish Robert Boyle.
From Nature • Oct. 29, 2018
According to Mariotte's law, "The temperature remaining constant, the volume varies inversely as the pressure," we should have 15 pounds gauge pressure.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891 by Various
It is because of this internal work that the steam in expanding does not strictly follow Mariotte’s law.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
According to Boyle and Mariotte's law it would be 37,534 lb., the difference being 594 lb., or a loss of 1.6 per cent.
From Scientific American Supplement, No. 799, April 25, 1891 by Various
The usual manner of testing the expansion curve of a diagram is to compare it with a curve representing Mariotte’s law for the expansion of a perfect gas.
From Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua
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