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Two further volumes of this remarkable compilation of physical and technical mechanics are now to hand; they are devoted to fluids (liquids in vol. 5-1,152 pages-and gases and vapours in vol. 6-918 pages). Besides the more classical parts of hydromechanics (summarised in about 300 pages byF. Auerbach, who also deals with aeromechanics- 175 pages-in vol. 6) the volume on fluids contains articles on particular developments. These include ocean currents (Ekman), tides (Gutenberg), turbulence (Lorenz), fluid friction (Graetz and Stockl, who also contribute to vol. 6 a valuable article on gaseous friction), heat-transfer in moving liquids and gases (Schmekel), ships (Horn), the integration of the Navier-Stokes differential equations (Noether), lubrication (vom Ende and Duffing), hydraulic machines (Hahn), cavitation (Weinig) and hydraulics (Nemenyi, Safranez and Weinig). Vol. 6 includes articles on air pumps and vacuum technique (Gaede), atmospheric motions (Exner), technical gas-measurements (Block), explosions and explosion waves (Bolle), solid and liquid bodies in gases (Deutsch), wind mills, steam and gas turbines (Fliigel), air forces on moving bodies, aircraft and balloons (Everling, also Fuchs), sails and rotor-funnels (Croseck), pneumatics (Wagner), compression and rarefaction of gases (Seligmann), and energy transformation in steam and internal combustion engines (Hort). The volumes are profusely illustrated by diagrams and photographs. As works of reference they are of great value, though probably few individual workers can afford to purchase them.
Handbuch der physikalischen und technischen Mechanik.
Prof. Dr.
F.
Auerbach
Prof. Dr.
W.
Hort
Herausgegeben von. Band 5: Mechanik der Flüssigkeiten, nebst technischen Anwendungsgebieten. Lief. 1. Pp. ix + 472. 45 gold marks. Lief. 2. Pp. vi + 473–718. 24 gold marks. Lief. 3. Pp. xxi + 719–1152. n.p. Band 5, complete, 120 gold marks. Band 6: Mechanik der Gase und Dämpfe, nebst technischen Anwendungsgebieten. Lief. 1. Pp. viii + 460. n.p. Lief. 2. Pp. xviii + 461–918. n.p. Band 6, complete, 76 gold marks. (Leipzig: Johann Ambrosius Barth, 1927–1928.)
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Handbuch der physikalischen und technischen Mechanik. Nature 132, 916 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132916a0
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