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THERE is a very marked difference between the ease of approach to a practical problem in electricity, and the feeling of vagueness and uncertainty which oppresses one when tackling a problem in heat transfer. One of the fundamental difficulties is that of obtaining reliable information, and the authors, who have collected, in this very important book, the results of a great mass of experimental work “interpreting and comparing them-in the light of the fundamental principles of radiation, conduction and convection” have put workers in the science of heat very heavily in their debt. They have discussed a number of thoroughly practical problems, and their book should prove, not only an aid to the investigator, but also a stimulus to future experimental work.
The Calculation of Heat Transmission.
By Dr. Margaret Fishenden Owen A. Saunders. Pp. xii + 280. (London: H.M. Stationery Office, 1932.) 10s. net.
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F., A. [Short Reviews]. Nature 132, 560 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132560c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/132560c0