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IN many respects this is an outstanding book, well A produced and exceptionally well illustrated, giving a clear account of the usual subject matter, together with chapters on heat flow, combustion, flow of fluids, and also on modern boiler plant, turbo-power plant, and the elements of economics of plant layout. The practical aspect is kept constantly to the fore, and plenty of numerical examples given at every stage. As a general criticism, however, the book, while falling short of a comprehensive treatise, is on the expensive side for students, especially since the treatment makes no particular claim to novelty.
The Theory and Practice of Heat Engines
By D. A. Wrangham. Pp. xii + 756. (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1942.) 50s. net.
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SAUNDERS, O. The Theory and Practice of Heat Engines. Nature 151, 571 (1943). https://doi.org/10.1038/151571a0
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