Excerpt from Annales des Mines, ou Recueil de Mémoires sur l'Exploitation des Mines Et sur les Sciences Et les Arts Qui S'y Rattachent, 1874, Vol. 4: MémoiresL'augmentation du pouvoir calorifique se traduit par un accroissement de température d'autant plus grand que la combustion du silicium donne de la silice, corps fixe qui reste dans l'appareil, tandis que cel le du charbon donne un produit gazeux qui, en se dégageant, entraine hors du fourneau une portion de la chaleur développée.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.