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IN reviewing Dr. F. W. Lanchester's book ” The Theory of Dimensions and its Application for Engineers” in NATURE of January 9, I stated with regard to Appendix VI that ” in my opinion the author was unwise to include this section in a book the avowed object of which is to help the young engineer”. Dr. Lanchester has written to me pointing out that although this was the primary object of writing the book, it is stated in the preface that the author hopes that it ” may be found of service to others besides those to whom it is primarily addressed. As a book of reference for workers in the physical laboratory, auxiliary to existing works on the same subject, it may prove of service as conveying its message in a simple and direct manner”.
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HOWE, G. The Theory of Dimensions. Nature 139, 513 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139513a0
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