History of heat transfer
Subtitle: essays in honor of the 50th anniversary of the ASME Heat Transfer Division
By: edited by Edwin T. Layton, Jr., John H. Lienhard.
Contributors: Layton, Edwin T., 1928-; Lienhard, John H., 1930-; American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Heat Transfer Division.
Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Published: 1988
Place of publication: New York, N.Y. (345 E. 47th St., New York 10017)
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
Subjects: American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Heat Transfer Division -- History.; Heat -- Transmission -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
Table of contents: title: A history of the Heat Transfer Division / Edwin T. Layton and John H. Lienhard; title: Gaseous heat conduction and radiation in 19th century physics / Stephen G. Brush; title: Enhancement of convective heat transfer, Newton's legacy pursued / Arthur E. Bergles; title: Kelvin's cooling sphere / Paul J. Nahin; title: Max Jacob, July 20, 1879-January 4, 1955, fifty years of his work and life / Elizabeth Jakob; title: Dean L.M.K. Boetler's contribution to heat transfer as seen through the eyes of his former students / Frank Kreith; title: From Braunschweig to Ohio : Ernst Eckert and government heat transfer research / Virginia P. Dawson; title: Ernst Schmidt, as I remember him / Ernst R.G. Eckert; title: History of steam condensers / Tetsu Fujii and Haruo Uehara; title: Fouling of heat transfer surfaces : an historical review / E.F.C. Somerscales; title: Heat transfer research in General Electric, 1910-1960 / George Wise; title: Review and some observations on the historical development of heat transfer from Newton to Eckert (1700-1960) / K.C. Cheng and Tetsu Fujii.