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Contents
1 Getting Started 1
2.2.7 Further Examples of Work in Quasiequilibrium
Processes 35
2.2.8 Generalized Forces and Displacements 36
1.1 Using Thermodynamics 2 2.3 Broadening Our Understanding of Energy 36
1.2 Defining Systems 2 2.4 Energy Transfer by Heat 37
1.2.1 Closed Systems 4 2.4.1 Sign Convention, Notation, and Heat Transfer Rate 38
1.2.2 Control Volumes 4 2.4.2 Heat Transfer Modes 39
1.2.3 Selecting the System Boundary 5 2.4.3 Closing Comments 40
1.3 Describing Systems and Their Behavior 6 2.5 Energy Accounting: Energy Balance for Closed
1.3.1
Macroscopic and Microscopic Views Systems 41
of Thermodynamics 6 2.5.1 Important Aspects of the Energy Balance 43
1.3.2 Property, State, and Process 7 2.5.2 Using the Energy Balance: Processes of Closed
1.3.3 Extensive and Intensive Properties 7 Systems 44
1.3.4 Equilibrium 8 2.5.3 Using the Energy Rate Balance: Steady-State
1.4 Measuring Mass, Length, Time, and Force 8 Operation 47
1.4.1 SI Units 9 2.5.4 Using the Energy Rate Balance: Transient Operation 49
1.4.2 English Engineering Units 10 2.6 Energy Analysis of Cycles 50
1.5 Specific Volume 11 2.6.1 Cycle Energy Balance 51
1.6 Pressure 12 2.6.2 Power Cycles 52
2.6.3 Refrigeration and Heat Pump Cycles 52
1.6.1 Pressure Measurement 12
1.6.2 Buoyancy 14 2.7 Energy Storage 53
1.6.3 Pressure Units 14 2.7.1 Overview 54
1.7 Temperature 15 2.7.2 Storage Technologies 54
1.7.1 Thermometers 16 Chapter Summary and Study Guide 55
1.7.2 Kelvin and Rankine Temperature Scales 17
1.7.3 Celsius and Fahrenheit Scales 17
1.8 Engineering Design and Analysis 19 3 Evaluating Properties 57
1.8.1 Design 19
1.8.2 Analysis 19 3.1 Getting Started 58
1.9 Methodology for Solving Thermodynamics 3.1.1 Phase and Pure Substance 58
3.1.2 Fixing the State 58
Problems 20
3.2 p–υ –T Relation 59
Chapter Summary and Study Guide 22
3.2.1 p–υ –T Surface 60
3.2.2 Projections of the p–υ –T Surface 61
2 Energy and the First Law 3.3 Studying Phase Change 63
of Thermodynamics 23 3.4 Retrieving Thermodynamic Properties 65
3.5 Evaluating Pressure, Specific Volume,
2.1 Reviewing Mechanical Concepts of Energy 24 and Temperature 66
2.1.1 Work and Kinetic Energy 24 3.5.1 Vapor and Liquid Tables 66
2.1.2 Potential Energy 25 3.5.2 Saturation Tables 68
2.1.3 Units for Energy 26 3.6 Evaluating Specific Internal Energy
2.1.4 Conservation of Energy in Mechanics 27 and Enthalpy 72
2.1.5 Closing Comment 27
3.6.1 Introducing Enthalpy 72
2.2 Broadening Our Understanding of Work 27 3.6.2 Retrieving u and h Data 72
2.2.1 Sign Convention and Notation 28 3.6.3 Reference States and Reference Values 74
2.2.2 Power 29 3.7 Evaluating Properties Using Computer
2.2.3 Modeling Expansion or Compression Work 30 Software 74
2.2.4
Expansion or Compression Work in Actual
Processes 31 3.8 Applying the Energy Balance Using Property
2.2.5
Expansion or Compression Work in Tables and Software 76
Quasiequilibrium Processes 31 3.8.1 Using Property Tables 77
2.2.6 Further Examples of Work 34 3.8.2 Using Software 79
Contents vii
3.9 Introducing Specific Heats cυ and cp 80 4.6 Nozzles and Diffusers 117
3.10 Evaluating Properties of Liquids and 4.6.1 Nozzle and Diffuser Modeling Considerations 118
Solids 82 4.6.2 Application to a Steam Nozzle 118
3.10.1 Approximations for Liquids Using Saturated 4.7 Turbines 119
Liquid Data 82 4.7.1 Steam and Gas Turbine Modeling
3.10.2 Incompressible Substance Model 83 Considerations 120
3.11 Generalized Compressibility Chart 85 4.7.2 Application to a Steam Turbine 121
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3.11.1 Universal Gas Constant, R 85 4.8 Compressors and Pumps 122
3.11.2 Compressibility Factor, Z 85 4.8.1 Compressor and Pump Modeling
3.11.3 Generalized Compressibility Data, Z Chart 86 Considerations 122
3.11.4 Equations of State 89 4.8.2 Applications to an Air Compressor
3.12 Introducing the Ideal Gas Model 90 and a Pump System 122
4.8.3 Pumped-Hydro and Compressed-Air Energy
3.12.1 Ideal Gas Equation of State 90
Storage 125
3.12.2 Ideal Gas Model 90
3.12.3 Microscopic Interpretation 92 4.9 Heat Exchangers 126
3.13 Internal Energy, Enthalpy, and Specific Heats 4.9.1 Heat Exchanger Modeling Considerations 127
of Ideal Gases 92 4.9.2 Applications to a Power Plant Condenser and
Computer Cooling 128
3.13.1 ∆u, ∆h, cυ , and cp Relations 92
3.13.2 Using Specific Heat Functions 93 4.10 Throttling Devices 130
3.14 Applying the Energy Balance Using Ideal 4.10.1 Throttling Device Modeling Considerations 130
4.10.2 Using a Throttling Calorimeter to Determine
Gas Tables, Constant Specific Heats, and
Quality 131
Software 95
3.14.1 Using Ideal Gas Tables 95 4.11 System Integration 132
3.14.2 Using Constant Specific Heats 97 4.12 Transient Analysis 135
3.14.3 Using Computer Software 98 4.12.1 The Mass Balance in Transient Analysis 135
3.15 Polytropic Process Relations 100 4.12.2 The Energy Balance in Transient Analysis 135
4.12.3 Transient Analysis Applications 136
Chapter Summary and Study Guide 102
Chapter Summary and Study Guide 142
5.7 Second Law Aspects of Refrigeration and Heat 6.9 Entropy Rate Balance for Control Volumes 200
Pump Cycles Interacting with Two Reservoirs 161 6.10 Rate Balances for Control Volumes at Steady
5.7.1 Limits on Coefficients of Performance 161 State 201
5.7.2
Corollaries of the Second Law for Refrigeration and 6.10.1 One-Inlet, One-Exit Control Volumes at Steady
Heat Pump Cycles 162 State 202
5.8 The Kelvin and International Temperature 6.10.2 Applications of the Rate Balances to Control
Scales 163 Volumes at Steady State 202
5.8.1 The Kelvin Scale 163 6.11 Isentropic Processes 207
5.8.2 The Gas Thermometer 164 6.11.1 General Considerations 207
5.8.3 International Temperature Scale 165 6.11.2 Using the Ideal Gas Model 208
5.9 Maximum Performance Measures for Cycles 6.11.3 Illustrations: Isentropic Processes of Air 210
Operating Between Two Reservoirs 166 6.12 Isentropic Efficiencies of Turbines, Nozzles,
5.9.1 Power Cycles 167 Compressors, and Pumps 212
5.9.2 Refrigeration and Heat Pump Cycles 168 6.12.1 Isentropic Turbine Efficiency 212
5.10 Carnot Cycle 171 6.12.2 Isentropic Nozzle Efficiency 215
5.10.1 Carnot Power Cycle 171 6.12.3 Isentropic Compressor and Pump Efficiencies 216
5.10.2 Carnot Refrigeration and Heat Pump Cycles 172 6.13 Heat Transfer and Work in Internally Reversible,
5.10.3 Carnot Cycle Summary 173 Steady-State Flow Processes 218
5.11 Clausius Inequality 173 6.13.1 Heat Transfer 218
6.13.2 Work 219
Chapter Summary and Study Guide 175
6.13.3 Work in Polytropic Processes 220
Chapter Summary and Study Guide 222
6 Using Entropy 177
6.7 Entropy Balance for Closed Systems 190 7.6 Exergetic (Second Law) Efficiency 249
6.7.1 Interpreting the Closed System Entropy Balance 191 7.6.1 Matching End Use to Source 249
6.7.2 Evaluating Entropy Production and Transfer 192 7.6.2 Exergetic Efficiencies of Common Components 251
6.7.3
Applications of the Closed System Entropy 7.6.3 Using Exergetic Efficiencies 253
Balance 192 7.7 Thermoeconomics 253
6.7.4 Closed System Entropy Rate Balance 195 7.7.1 Costing 254
6.8 Directionality of Processes 196 7.7.2 Using Exergy in Design 254
7.7.3 Exergy Costing of a Cogeneration System 256
6.8.1 Increase of Entropy Principle 196
6.8.2 Statistical Interpretation of Entropy 198 Chapter Summary and Study Guide 260
Contents ix
11.4 Evaluating Changes in Entropy, Internal Energy, 12.7 Psychrometric Charts 484
and Enthalpy 414 12.8 Analyzing Air-Conditioning Processes 486
11.4.1 Considering Phase Change 414 12.8.1 Applying Mass and Energy Balances to
11.4.2 Considering Single-Phase Regions 417 Air-Conditioning Systems 486
11.5 Other Thermodynamic Relations 422 12.8.2 Conditioning Moist Air at Constant Composition 488
11.5.1 Volume Expansivity, Isothermal and Isentropic 12.8.3 Dehumidification 490
Compressibility 422 12.8.4 Humidification 493
11.5.2 Relations Involving Specific Heats 423 12.8.5 Evaporative Cooling 494
11.5.3 Joule–Thomson Coefficient 426 12.8.6 Adiabatic Mixing of Two Moist Air Streams 496
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Medical professionals rely on measurements of pressure
and temperature, introduced in Secs. 1.6 and 1.7.
1
2 Chapt er 1 Getting Started
Turbine
Electric Coal Air Steam C
Generator t
Combustion Stack power
gas cleanup Condenser
Ash
Condensate
Cooling water
Turbine
Coal Air Steam Refrigerator Cooling Electrical power plant
Generator tower
Condenser
Ash
Condensate
Cooling water
Fuel in
Refrigerator Electrical power plant Vehicle engine
Compressor Combustor
Turbine
Trachea
Air in Lung
Hot gases
out
Fuel in
Compressor Combustor
Turbine
Heart
At home
• Homes are constructed better to reduce heating and cooling needs.
• Homes have systems for electronically monitoring and regulating energy use.
• Appliances and heating and air-conditioning systems are more energy-efficient.
• Use of solar energy for space and water heating is common.
• More food is produced locally.
Transportation
• Plug-in hybrid vehicles and all-electric vehicles dominate.
• One-quarter of transport fuel is biofuels.
• Use of public transportation within and between cities is common.
• An expanded passenger railway system is widely used.
Lifestyle
• Efficient energy-use practices are utilized throughout society.
• Recycling is widely practiced, including recycling of water.
• Distance learning is common at most educational levels.
• Telecommuting and teleconferencing are the norm.
• The Internet is predominately used for consumer and business commerce.
Power generation
• Electricity plays a greater role throughout society.
• W
ind, solar, and other renewable technologies contribute a significant share of the nation’s
electricity needs.
• A
mix of conventional fossil-fueled and nuclear power plants provides a smaller, but still
significant, share of the nation’s electricity needs.
• A smart and secure national power transmission grid is in place.
Fuel in
Air in Air in
Driveshaft
Exhaust
gas out
Fuel in
Driveshaft
Exhaust
gas out
Boundary (control surface)
Boundary (control surface)
(a) (b)
For Example
Figure 1.5 shows a sketch of an air compressor connected to a storage tank. The system
boundary shown on the figure encloses the compressor, tank, and all of the piping. This
boundary might be selected if the electrical power input is known, and the objective of
the analysis is to determine how long the compressor must operate for the pressure in the
tank to rise to a specified value. Since mass crosses the boundary, the system would be a
control volume. A control volume enclosing only the compressor might be chosen if the
condition of the air entering and exiting the compressor is known, and the objective is to
determine the electric power input.
Ingestion Solar
CO2, other gases
(food, drink) radiation
CO2, other gases Air
Air Lungs
CO2 O2 Boundary
Ingestion Gut (control surface)
(food, drink) Boundary CO2
(control Circulatory system
Body O2 Photosynthesis
surface)
tissues (leaf)
Kidneys
Excretion
(waste products)
Heart
Excretion Excretion
(undigested food) (urine) H2O, minerals
(a) (b)
Fig. 1.4 Example of a control volume (open
Fig. 1.3 Example of a control volume (open system) in biology. system) in botany.
6 Chapt er 1 Getting Started
Air
Tank
Air compressor
TAKE NOTE...
Animation Animations reinforce many of the text presentations. You can view these animations by
going to the e-book, WileyPLUS course, or student companion site for this book.
System Types Tabs a, Animations are keyed to specific content by an adjacent icon.
b, and c The first of these icons appears here. In this example, the animation name “System
Types” refers to the animation content while “Tabs a, b, and c” refers to the tabs of the
animation recommended for viewing now to enhance your understanding.
Distinguishing Properties from Nonproperties if the value of a quantity is independent of the process between two
states, then that quantity is the change in a property. This provides a
At a given state, each property has a definite value that can be assigned test for determining whether a quantity is a property: A quantity is
without knowledge of how the system arrived at that state. The a property if, and only if, its change in value between two states is
change in value of a property as the system is altered from one state independent of the process. It follows that if the value of a particu-
to another is determined, therefore, solely by the two end states and lar quantity depends on the details of the process, and not solely on
is independent of the particular way the change of state occurred. the end states, that quantity cannot be a property.
The change is independent of the details of the process. Conversely,
For Example
To illustrate the difference between extensive and intensive properties, consider an
amount of matter that is uniform in temperature, and imagine that it is composed of
several parts, as illustrated in Fig. 1.6. The mass of the whole is the sum of the masses
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of the parts, and the overall volume is the sum of the volumes of the parts. However, the
temperature of the whole is not the sum of the temperatures of the parts; it is the same Extensive and Intensive
for each part. Mass and volume are extensive, but temperature is intensive. Properties Tab a
8 Chapt er 1 Getting Started
1.3.4 Equilibrium
Classical thermodynamics places primary emphasis on equilibrium states and changes
equilibrium from one equilibrium state to another. Thus, the concept of equilibrium is fundamental. In
mechanics, equilibrium means a condition of balance maintained by an equality of opposing
forces. In thermodynamics, the concept is more far-reaching, including not only a balance
of forces but also a balance of other influences. Each kind of influence refers to a particular
aspect of thermodynamic, or complete, equilibrium. Accordingly, several types of equilib-
rium must exist individually to fulfill the condition of complete equilibrium; among these are
mechanical, thermal, phase, and chemical equilibrium.
Criteria for these four types of equilibrium are considered in subsequent discussions. For
the present, we may think of testing to see if a system is in thermodynamic equilibrium by
the following procedure: Isolate the system from its surroundings and watch for changes in its
observable properties. If there are no changes, we conclude that the system was in equilibrium
equilibrium state at the moment it was isolated. The system can be said to be at an equilibrium state.
When a system is isolated, it does not interact with its surroundings; however, its state
can change as a consequence of spontaneous events occurring internally as its intensive prop-
erties, such as temperature and pressure, tend toward uniform values. When all such changes
cease, the system is in equilibrium. At equilibrium, temperature is uniform throughout the
system. Also, pressure can be regarded as uniform throughout as long as the effect of gravity
is not significant; otherwise, a pressure variation can exist, as in a vertical column of liquid.
It is not necessary that a system undergoing a process be in equilibrium during the
process. Some or all of the intervening states may be nonequilibrium states. For many such
processes, we are limited to knowing the state before the process occurs and the state after the
process is completed.
SI English
Quantity Unit Symbol Unit Symbol
mass kilogram kg pound mass lb
length meter m foot ft
time second s second s
force newton N pound force lbf
(= 1 kg ⋅ m/s )
2
(= 32.1740 lb ⋅ ft/s )
2
1.4.1 SI Units
In the present discussion we consider the SI system of units that takes mass, length, and time
as primary dimensions and regards force as secondary. SI is the abbreviation for Système
International d’Unités (International System of Units), which is the legally accepted system
in most countries. The conventions of the SI are published and controlled by an international
treaty organization. The SI base units for mass, length, and time are listed in Table 1.3 and SI base units
discussed in the following paragraphs. The SI base unit for temperature is the kelvin, K.
The SI base unit of mass is the kilogram, kg. It is equal to the mass of a particular cyl-
inder of platinum–iridium alloy kept by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures
near Paris. The mass standard for the United States is maintained by the National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST). The kilogram is the only base unit still defined relative to
a fabricated object.
The SI base unit of length is the meter (metre), m, defined as the length of the path traveled
by light in a vacuum during a specified time interval. The base unit of time is the second, s.
The second is defined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 cycles of the radiation associated with
a specified transition of the cesium atom.
The SI unit of force, called the newton, is a secondary unit, defined in terms of the base
units for mass, length, and time. Newton’s second law of motion states that the net force acting
on a body is proportional to the product of the mass and the acceleration, written F ∝ ma. The
newton is defined so that the proportionality constant in the expression is equal to unity. That
is, Newton’s second law is expressed as the equality
F = ma (1.1)
The newton, N, is the force required to accelerate a mass of 1 kilogram at the rate of 1 meter
per second per second. With Eq. 1.1
For Example
To illustrate the use of the SI units introduced thus far, let us determine the weight in
newtons of an object whose mass is 1000 kg, at a place on Earth’s surface where the ac-
celeration due to gravity equals a standard value defined as 9.80665 m/s2. Recalling that
the weight of an object refers to the force of gravity and is calculated using the mass of the
object, m, and the local acceleration of gravity, g, with Eq. 1.1 we get
F = mg
= (1000 kg)(9.80665 m/s2 ) = 9806.65 kg ⋅ m/s2
This force can be expressed in terms of the newton by using Eq. 1.2 as a unit conversion
factor. That is,
kg ⋅ m 1N
F = 9806.65 = 9806.65 N
s2 1 kg ⋅ m/s2
10 Ch apter 1 Getting Started
TAKE NOTE...
Observe that in the calculation of force in newtons, the unit conversion factor is set off
by a pair of vertical lines. This device is used throughout the text to identify unit con-
versions.
TA BLE 1 .4 SI Unit Prefixes Since weight is calculated in terms of the mass and the local acceleration due to gravity,
the weight of an object can vary because of the variation of the acceleration of gravity with
Factor Prefix Symbol
location, but its mass remains constant.
12
10 tera T
9
10 giga G
For Example
106 mega M
If the object considered previously were on the surface of a planet at a point where the
103 kilo k acceleration of gravity is one-tenth of the value used in the above calculation, the mass
102 hecto h would remain the same but the weight would be one-tenth of the calculated value.
−2
10 centi c
−3
10 milli m SI units for other physical quantities are also derived in terms of the SI base units. Some
10−6 micro µ of the derived units occur so frequently that they are given special names and symbols, such
10−9 nano n as the newton. SI units for quantities pertinent to thermodynamics are given as they are intro-
−12 duced in the text. Since it is frequently necessary to work with extremely large or small values
10 pico p
when using the SI unit system, a set of standard prefixes is provided in Table 1.4 to simplify
matters. For example, km denotes kilometer, that is, 103 m.
1 ft = 0.3048 m (1.3)
12 in. = 1 ft
One inch equals 2.54 cm. Although units such as the minute and the hour are often used in
engineering, it is convenient to select the second as the English Engineering base unit for time.
The English Engineering base unit of mass is the pound mass, lb, defined in terms of the
kilogram as
1 lb = 0.45359237 kg (1.4)
The symbol lbm also may be used to denote the pound mass.
Once base units have been specified for mass, length, and time in the English Engineering
system of units, a force unit can be defined, as for the newton, using Newton’s second law
written as Eq. 1.1. From this viewpoint, the English unit of force, the pound force, lbf, is the
force required to accelerate one pound mass at 32.1740 ft/s2, which is the standard acceleration
of gravity. Substituting values into Eq. 1.1,
The pound force, lbf, is not equal to the pound mass, lb, introduced previously. Force and
mass are fundamentally different, as are their units. The double use of the word “pound” can
be confusing, so care must be taken to avoid error.
For Example
To show the use of these units in a single calculation, let us determine the weight of an object
whose mass is 1000 lb at a location where the local acceleration of gravity is 32.0 ft/s2. By
inserting values into Eq. 1.1 and using Eq. 1.5 as a unit conversion factor, we get
ft 1 lbf
F = mg = (1000 lb) 32.0 = 994.59 lbf
s 32.1740 lb ⋅ ft/s2
2
This calculation illustrates that the pound force is a unit of force distinct from the pound
mass, a unit of mass.
m
ρ = lim (1.6)
V →V ′ V
where V′ is the smallest volume for which a definite value of the ratio exists. The volume V′
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contains enough particles for statistical averages to be significant. It is the smallest volume for
which the matter can be considered a continuum and is normally small enough that it can be Extensive and Intensive
considered a “point.” With density defined by Eq. 1.6, density can be described mathemati- Properties Tabs b and c
cally as a continuous function of position and time.
The density, or local mass per unit volume, is an intensive property that may vary from
point to point within a system. Thus, the mass associated with a particular volume V is deter-
mined in principle by integration
m = ∫ ρ dV (1.7)
V
ANCIENT LAW.
I. Where Slaves are Liberated, either by Instruments in
Writing, or in the Presence of Witnesses.
If anyone at the point of death, should liberate his slaves either
by an instrument in writing, or in the presence of witnesses; his will
shall be valid, provided it be proved within six months by from three
to five credible witnesses. And if said testator should give anything to
said freedmen, and the fact should be proved by either written or oral
evidence, said freedmen shall be entitled to said property.
ANCIENT LAW.
I. A Slave, Accused of a Crime, may be Demanded of his
Master by the Officials of the District.
Where a slave is charged with a crime, the judge shall first notify
the master, superintendent, or agent, who has control of the
accused, and order him to produce the slave in court; and should he
refuse to do so, the governor of the city, or the judge may compel
him to produce said slave. If the master, or he who has charge of his
affairs, cannot be found, the slave shall be arrested and tried by the
judge.
THE GLORIOUS FLAVIUS CHINTASVINTUS, KING.
II. For what Offences, and in what Manner, Freeborn Persons
shall be put to the Torture.
If moderation is displayed in the treatment of crimes, the
wickedness of criminals can never be restrained. Therefore, if
anyone should, in behalf of the king or the people, bring an
accusation of homicide or adultery against a person equal to him in
rank, or in palatine dignity, he who thus seeks the blood of another
shall first have an opportunity to prove what he alleges. And if he
cannot prove it in the presence of the king, or those appointed by the
royal authority, an accusation shall be drawn up in writing, and
signed by three witnesses; and the accused person may then be put
to the question.
If the latter, after undergoing the torture, should prove to be
innocent, the accuser shall at once be delivered up to him as a
slave, to be disposed of at his will, except that he shall not be
deprived of life. But if he should be willing to make a compromise
with his accuser, he may accept from the latter as large a sum as
may compensate him for the sufferings he has endured. The judge
shall take the precaution to compel the accuser to specifically
describe the alleged offence, in writing; and after he has done so,
and presented it privately to the judge, the torture shall proceed; and
if the confession of him who is subjected to the torture should
correspond with the terms of the accusation, his guilt shall be
considered to be established. But if the accusation should allege one
thing, and the confession of the person tortured the opposite, the
accuser must undergo the penalty hereinbefore provided; because
persons often accuse themselves of crime while being tortured. But if
the accuser, before he has secretly given the written accusation to
the judge as aforesaid, should, either in his own proper person, or by
anyone else, inform the party of what he is accused, then it shall not
be lawful for the judge to subject the latter to torture, because the
alleged offence has become publicly known. This rule shall also
apply to all other freeborn persons. But if the accusation should not
be that of a capital crime, but merely of theft, or of some minor
breach of the law, nobles, or persons of superior rank, such as the
officials of our palace, shall, upon such an accusation, under no
circumstances, be put to the question; and if proof of the alleged
offence is wanting, he who is accused must declare his innocence
under oath.
All persons of inferior rank, and freeborn persons, when accused
of theft, homicide, or any other crime, shall not be tortured upon such
an accusation, unless the property involved is worth more than fifty
solidi. But if the property is of less value than fifty solidi, and the
accused is convicted upon legal testimony, he shall be compelled to
make restitution, as prescribed by other laws; or if he should not be
convicted, after purging himself by oath he shall receive the
satisfaction granted by the law for those who have suffered from an
improper demand for torture.
We hereby especially provide that a lowborn person shall not
presume to accuse a noble or one of higher rank than himself; but if
such a person should accuse another of crime, and proof of the
same should be wanting, the person accused shall at once purge
himself of all guilt by oath, and swear that he never took, nor has in
his possession, the property on account of which he was prosecuted;
and oath having been made, as aforesaid, he who brought the false
accusation shall undergo the penalty for the same, as prescribed by
a former law. But whether the person subjected to the torture is a
noble, one of inferior rank, or a freeman, he must be tortured in the
presence of the judge, or of certain respectable men appointed by
him; and in such a way as not to lose his life, or the use of any of his
limbs; and because the torture must be applied for the space of three
days, if, as the result of accident, or through the malice of the judge,
or the treachery of anyone else, he who is subjected to it should die;
or if the judge, having been corrupted by the bribes of the adversary
of the accused, should not prohibit the infliction of such torments as
are liable to produce death; the judge himself shall be delivered up to
the nearest relatives of the accused person, that, on account of his
injustice, he may undergo at their hands the same sufferings which
he unlawfully inflicted upon the accused.
If, however, he should declare himself under oath to be innocent,
and witnesses who were present should swear that death did not
result from any malice, treachery, or corruption of which he was
guilty, but only as a result of the torture itself; for the reason that the
said judge did not use his discretion to prevent excessive cruelty, he
shall be compelled to pay fifty solidi to the heirs of the deceased; and
if he should not have sufficient property to pay said sum, he shall be
delivered up as a slave to the nearest heirs of the former. The
accuser shall be surrendered to the nearest relatives of the
deceased, and shall suffer the penalty of death, which he suffered
who perished through his accusation.[32]
ANCIENT LAW.
III. For what Offences, and in what manner, Slaves, of Either
Sex, shall be put to the Torture, on account of the Crimes of
their Masters.
No slave, of either sex, shall be tortured in order to obtain
evidence of crime against either his or her master or mistress, unless
for adultery; or for some offence against the Crown, or against their
country; or for counterfeiting, homicide, or witchcraft. And if slaves
tortured for such reasons should be proved to be cognizant of the
crimes of their masters, and to have concealed them, they shall be
punished along with their masters in such way as the king may
direct. But if they should voluntarily confess the truth before being
put to the question, it will be sufficient if they undergo the torture in
order to confirm their testimony, and they shall not suffer the penalty
of death. But any slave of either sex, who, after being put to the
torture for a capital crime, should also implicate his or her master,
and the commission of said crime can be proved by competent
evidence, they shall be subject to the same punishment as their
master.
FLAVIUS CHINTASVINTUS, KING.
IV. For what Offences, and in what manner, a Slave, or a
Freedman, shall be Tortured.
Where a slave is accused of any crime, the accuser must, before
the torture is inflicted, bind himself to give to the master in his stead,
another slave of equal value, if the innocence of the slave should be
established. But if the accused slave should be found innocent, and
should die, or be disabled from the effects of the torture, the accuser
must at once give to the master two other slaves, each equal in
value to the one killed or disabled. The one who was injured shall be
free, and remain under the protection of his master; and the judge
who neglected to use moderation in the infliction of torture, and thus
violated the law, shall give to the master another slave equal in value
to the one who perished by torture.
In order that all doubt may be removed concerning the value of
slaves in dispute, no statement of artificial or fraudulent value of the
same shall be accepted; but information of their age and usefulness
shall be obtained by personal examination of the slaves themselves;
and if he who was disabled was skilled in any trade, and he who
injured him when he was innocent possesses no slave proficient in
the same trade, he shall be forced to give to the master a slave
skilled in some other trade; but if he should not have such a skilled
artisan, and he whose slave was injured by the torture should not be
willing to accept another in his stead, then the accuser shall pay to
the master the value of the slave that was injured, according to a
reasonable estimate made by the judge, or by men of respectability
and established character. It must, however, be observed, that no
one shall presume to subject any freeborn person or slave to torture,
unless he shall make oath in the presence of a judge, or his
representative, the master of the slave or his agent being also
present, that through no artifice, fraud, or malice, he is inflicting
torture upon an innocent person. And if, after having been put to the
question he should die, and his accuser should not have the means
to make the reparation required by law, he himself shall be reduced
to slavery, for the reason that he was the cause of the death of an
innocent man. And if anyone, through treachery, should attempt to
subject the slave of another to torture, and the master of said slave
should prove that he was innocent of crime, the accuser shall be
compelled to give to the master of the accused slave another of
equal value, and to reimburse said master for any reasonable
expense that he has incurred in defence of his slave, until, in the
opinion of the judge, full satisfaction has been rendered by the unjust
accuser to the master of the innocent slave.
In case a slave is found guilty of a minor offence, the master, if he
chooses to do so, shall have a right to compound the same; but
every thief shall be scourged according to the degree of his guilt.
Where a master is not willing to give satisfaction for graver offences,
he must immediately surrender the slave to justice. Any freeborn
person who desires to subject a respectable freedman to the torture,
in the case of a capital crime, or of offences of less gravity, shall not
be permitted to do so, unless the value of the property involved in
the accusation amounts to at least two hundred and fifty solidi. But if
said freeborn person should be of inferior rank, and a boar, he may
be tortured, if the value of the property amounts to a hundred solidi.
Where he who is put to the question should, through want of
proper care, be disabled, then the judge who did not exercise
moderation in the infliction of torture, shall pay two hundred solidi to
him who suffered by his negligence; and he who caused him to be
tortured unjustly, shall be compelled to pay him three hundred solidi;
and if he should die while undergoing torture, the judge, as well as
the accuser, shall each pay to the nearest relatives of the deceased
the sums of money aforesaid. And, in like manner, in the case of
freedmen of still lower rank, should anyone of them undergo
mutilation or death, through want of caution on the part of those
employing the torture, half of the sum hereinbefore mentioned as
applying to respectable freedmen shall be paid to him who was
tortured, should he be still living, or, if he is dead, to his heirs.[33]
THE GLORIOUS FLAVIUS CHINTASVINTUS, KING.
V. In what way an Accusation shall be Brought to the Notice
of the King.
If any person should bring a false accusation against another
before the king, and should allege that he has plotted against the
throne, the people, or his country, or that he was committing, or had
committed some act to their prejudice; or had been guilty of some
fraudulent act against the authority of the Crown, or of those
exercising judicial functions; or had executed, or published any
forged document; or had coined any spurious money; or had been
guilty of giving poison, or of practising witchcraft; or of committing
adultery with the wife of another; he who brings accusation of these
and similar crimes, the punishment of which involves the loss of life
and property, where he can establish the truth of his charges, shall,
in no way, be subject to censure. But if his assertions should prove
to be false, and it should be evident that he had only made them