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Automatic Control of Mechanisms and Industrial Processes

Nature volume 172, pages 91–92 (1953)Cite this article

Servomechanisms and Regulating System Design

By Harold Chestnut and Robert W. Mayer. (General Electric Series.) Vol. 1. Pp. xiii + 505. (New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1951.) 62s. net.

Fundamentals of Automatic Control

By G. H. Farrington. Pp. xii + 285. (London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1951.) 30s. net.

An Introduction to the Theory of Control in Mechanical Engineering

By R. H. Macmillan. Pp. xiv + 195. (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1951.) 30s. net.

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