Physics of Everyday Phenomena
9th Edition
ISBN: 9781259894008
Author: W. Thomas Griffith, Juliet Brosing Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 11, Problem 35CQ
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The characteristics of a hypothetical machine which extract heat from atmosphere and do work and release the remaining energy to atmosphere with same temperature of input and if it is a perpetual motion machine.
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