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Nature 394, 623-624 (13 August 1998) | doi:10.1038/29184

Thermodynamics:  Cool sounds

Peter T. Landsberg1

The turbines and crankshafts of the mechanical engineers have proved to be very useful, as everyone knows. But they produce noise, and unfortunately need oiling every now and again.

  1. Peter T. Landsberg is in the Faculty of Mathematical Studies, University of Southampton, Southampton SO9 5NH, UK.
    e-mail: Email: p.t.landsberg@soton.ac.uk