Abstract
THE first edition of this book was reviewed in NATURE of March 25, 1920. In general the appearance of a second edition of a standard textbook calls for little comment, but in the present case the changes are so far-reaching that the book is practically a new work. The period immediately before and during the War of 1914-18 was one of intensive pioneer research both on the theoretical and experimental side, and in this research Bairstow took a leading part. The first edition, based on the work done during thatperiod, omits allreference to boundary layer theory, the Kutta and Joukowski theory of two-dimensional aerofoils, the circulation theory of lift, and the Lanchester-Prandtl theory of finite aerofoils. All this is remedied in the present edition, and for that reason alone it can be seen that the author's statement that about three quarters of the book is new material is easily justified.
Applied Aerodynamics
By Prof. L. Bairstow. Second edition. Pp. xviii + 808 + 27 plates. (London, New York and Toronto: Longmans, Green and Co., 1939.) 63s. net.
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MILNE-THOMSON, L. Applied Aerodynamics. Nature 145, 686 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145686a0
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