For anyone involved in mechanical or chemical engineering, experimental physics, or chemistry, the techniques available for the measurement of transient temperatures and heat flows are described in this book. The emphasis is on practical experimental techniques and applications, and various numerical methods for analyzing these results are also included.

This two-volume work describes the early history of mechanical engineering from prehistory, when mining and agriculture first appear, to the beginnings of industrialisation. The old definition that if it moves it's mechanical is used and consequently the books are divided into four major sections: power generation and transport in the first volume; manufacturing technology and weapons technology in the second volume. Background chapters to each section broadens the text and depth is added by analytical appendices describing the principles of operation, optimum operating conditions, and...