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Conduct online research and write a short report on the origin and evolution of the meter as a measurement standard. Discuss how

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Answer:

People have come up with all sorts of inventive ways of measuring length. The most intuitive are right at our fingertips. That is, they are based upon the human body: the foot, the hand, the fingers or the length of an arm or a stride.

In ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt, one of the first standard measures of length used was the cubit. In Egypt, the royal cubit, which was used to build the most important structures, was based on the length of the pharaoh’s arm from elbow to the end of the middle finger plus the span of his hand. Because of its great importance, the royal cubit was standardized using rods made from granite. These granite cubits were further subdivided into shorter lengths reminiscent of centimeters and millimeters.

piece of black rock with white Egyptian markings

Fragment of a Cubit Measuring Rod

Credit: Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Foulds, 1925

Later length measurements used by the Romans (who had taken them from the Greeks, who had taken them from the Babylonians and Egyptians) and passed on into Europe generally were based on the length of the human foot or walking and multiples and subdivisions of that. For example, the pace—one left step plus one right step—is approximately a meter or yard. (On the other hand, the yard did not derive from a pace but from, among other things, the length of King Henry I of England’s outstretched arm.) Mille passus in Latin, or 1,000 paces, is where the English word “mile” comes from.

And thus, the meter has and likely will remain so elegantly defined in these terms for the foreseeable future.

Explanation:

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2 years ago

Determine the dimensions for W if W = P L^3 / (M V^2) where P is a pressure, L is a length, M is a mass, and V is a velocity.

Eva8 [605]

Correct answer is option E. No dimensions

As we know formula Pressure (P) is $\frac{F}{A}$

also,

Dimensional formula of Pressure is $M^{1}L^{-1}T^{-2}$
Dimensional formula of length is L
Dimensional formula of mass is M
Dimensional formula of velocity is $L^{1} T^{-1}$

So, as given W= $\frac{P*L^{3} }{M*V^{2} }$

Dimensional formula of W = $\frac{M^{1}L^{-1}T^{-2} L^{3} }{M^{1} L^{2}T^{-2} }$

since all terms get cancelled

Work is dimensionless i.e no dimensions

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2 years ago

Air enters a compressor steadily at the ambient conditions of 100 kPa and 22°C and leaves at 800 kPa. Heat is lost from the comp

telo118 [61]

Answer:

a) 358.8K

b) 181.1 kJ/kg.K

c) 0.0068 kJ/kg.K

Explanation:

Given:

P1 = 100kPa

P2= 800kPa

T1 = 22°C = 22+273 = 295K

q_out = 120 kJ/kg

∆S_air = 0.40 kJ/kg.k

T2 =??

a) Using the formula for change in entropy of air, we have:

∆S_air = $c_p In \frac{T_2}{T_1} - Rln \frac{P_2}{P_1}$

Let's take gas constant, Cp= 1.005 kJ/kg.K and R = 0.287 kJ/kg.K

Solving, we have:

[/tex] -0.40= (1.005)ln\frac{T_2}{295} ln\frac{800}{100}[/tex]

$-0.40= 1.005(ln T_2 - 5.68697)- 0.5968$

Solving for T2 we have:

$T_2 = 5.8828$

Taking the exponential on the equation (both sides), we have:

[/tex] T_2 = e^5^.^8^8^2^8 = 358.8K[/tex]

b) Work input to compressor:

$w_in = c_p(T_2 - T_1)+q_out$

$w_in = 1.005(358.8 - 295)+120$

= 184.1 kJ/kg

c) Entropy genered during this process, we use the expression;

Egen = ∆Eair + ∆Es

Where; Egen = generated entropy

∆Eair = Entropy change of air in compressor

∆Es = Entropy change in surrounding.

We need to first find ∆Es, since it is unknown.

Therefore ∆Es = $\frac{q_out}{T_1}$

$\frac{120kJ/kg.k}{295K}$

∆Es = 0.4068kJ/kg.k

Hence, entropy generated, Egen will be calculated as:

= -0.40 kJ/kg.K + 0.40608kJ/kg.K

= 0.0068kJ/kg.k

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3 years ago

"Mass burn technology uses unprocessed municipal solid waste to generate heat which is used to produce electricity."

Flura [38]

Answer:

True

Explanation:

Mass burn technology is a type of waste-to-energy technology commonly used in the mass-burn system, where unprocessed municipal solid waste is burned in a large incinerator with a boiler, to generate heat used in the production of electricity.

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2 years ago

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When we say that communication is

Harlamova29_29 [7]

Answer:

Communication is simply the act of transferring information from one place, person or group to another. Every communication involves (at least) one sender, a message and a recipient.

Explanation:

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2 years ago