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The early work of Willard Gibbs in applied mechanics : comprising the text of his hitherto unpublished Ph. D. thesis and accounts of his mechanical inventions / assembled by Lynde Phelps Wheeler, Everett Oyler Waters & Samuel William Dudley.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Gibbs, J. Willard (Josiah Willard), 1839-1903.
Contributor:
Wheeler, Lynde Phelps.
Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
Series:
Yale University. Yale medical library. Historical library. Publication ; no. 17.
Yale university. Yale medical library. Historical library. Publication ; no. 17
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Gearing.
Brakes.
Governors (Steam-engine).
Physical Description:
vii, 78 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, facsimile ; 25 cm.
Place of Publication:
New York : H. Schuman, [1947]
Contents:
Introduction, by L. P. Wheeler.
On the form of the teeth of wheels in spur gearing, by Willard Gibbs.
Commentary upon the Gibbs monograph "On the form of the teeth of wheels in spur gearing," by E. O. Waters.
An improved railway car brake, by S. W. Dudley.
The Gibbs governor for steam engines, by L. P. Wheeler.
Notes:
Issued in connection with the centennial anniversary of the Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University, 1847-1947."
OCLC:
14681746

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