description: Introduction to physics of interaction of solid surfaces. Deals with friction of metals and non-metals, action of lubricants, how machinery operates under conditions of speed and temperature, brakes, rolling friction, etc. 178 pages, graphs and a few illustrations, indexed. Bowden was a professor at Cambridge, Tabor was head of Surface Physics at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge.
language: English
title: Friction: An introduction to tribology
titlecomplete: Friction: An introduction to tribology
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publisher: R.E. Krieger Pub. Co