Engineering combustion essentials /
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Author / Creator: | Ting, David S-K., author. |
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Imprint: | Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018. ©2018 |
Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations |
Language: | English |
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Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12648800 |
ISBN: | 9781527516878 1527516873 9781527514140 |
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Notes: | Includes bibliographical references. Print version record. |
Summary: | Whether in the Stone Age or in Greek mythology, fire has always been the essence of life. As G.G. Brown put it in 1928, ""Combustion is without exaggeration the most important reaction to the human race. All human and animal existence depends upon combustion as its course of energy."" This book provides a detailed description of the elements of combustion, offering descriptive figures, illustrative quips, and analogies to facilitate understanding. It begins with some historical highlights of the understanding of combustion and technological progresses. It then discusses the thermodynamic and ch. |
Other form: | Print version: Ting, David S-K. Engineering Combustion Essentials. Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2018 1527514145 |
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