Abstract
THE published information on gas turbines is both voluminous and widely dispersed, a considerable part of the technical literature of Britain, the United States, Switzerland, Sweden and other countries having been devoted to this subject in recent years. The object of this latest of Mr. Judge‘s books appears to have been to collect together at least the most important of these articles and papers, and to offer explanations and comments. It is a pity that this worthy object should be marred by several fundamental errors in thermodynamics, such as the statement in Chapter 3 that the efficiency of the Carnot cycle ". . . can also readily be shown to be represented by the following relations :
Modern Gas Turbines
With Special Reference to Stationary, Aircraft, Locomotive and Marine Types and to the Supercharging of Internal Combustion Engines. By Arthur W. Judge. Pp. xi + 311 + 19 plates. (London : Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1947.) 28s. net.
This is a preview of subscription content, access via your institution
Access options
Subscribe to this journal
Receive 51 print issues and online access
$199.00 per year
only $3.90 per issue
Buy this article
- Purchase on Springer Link
- Instant access to full article PDF
Prices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkout
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
STERLAND, E. Modern Gas Turbines. Nature 161, 910–911 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161910b0
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/161910b0
