Abstract
MR. WHEELER'S book is a reprint in the main of a series of articles contributed by the author to a technical journal, but a considerable amount of new matter has been added; it deals fairly completely with the subject of friction in machinery and the means adopted for its reduction. The first two chapters are devoted to a discussion on the importance of the subject from a mechanical engineer's point of view, and to brief statements of the laws of solid, rolling, and fluid friction. Then follow a series of chapters bringing together in a very convenient form for reference all the experimental work on the subject of friction likely to be of value to those engaged in the design of machinery.
Friction and its Reduction.
By G. U. Wheeler. Pp. viii + 171. (London: Whittaker and Co., 1903.) Price 3s. net.
A Treatise on Friction and Lost Work in Machinery and Mill-Work.
By R. H. Thurston. Pp. xi + 425. (New York: J. Wiley and Sons; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1903.) 7th edition. Price 3 dollars.
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B., T. Friction and its Reduction A Treatise on Friction and Lost Work in Machinery and Mill-Work . Nature 69, 339–340 (1904). https://doi.org/10.1038/069339a0
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