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The early work of Willard Gibbs in applied mechanics : comprising the text of his hitherto unpublished Ph.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.
- 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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