Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Turbomachinery, 5e

Acknowledgements
The author is indebted to a number of people and manufacturing organisations for
their help and support; in particular the following are thanked:
Professor W. A. Woods, formerly of Queen Mary College, University of London and
a former colleague at the University of Liverpool for his encouragement of the idea of
a fourth edition of this book as well as providing papers and suggestions for some new
items to be included. Professor F. A. Lyman of Syracuse University, New York and
Professor J. Moore of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Virginia, for
their helpful correspondence and ideas concerning the vexed question of the conservation
of rothalpy in turbomachines. Dr Y. R. Mayhew is thanked for supplying me with
generous amounts of material on units and dimensions and the latest state of play on
SI units.
Thanks are also given to the following organisations for providing me with illustrative
material for use in the book, product information and, in one case, useful background
historical information:
Sulzer Hydro of Zurich, Switzerland; Rolls-Royce of Derby, England; Voith Hydro
Inc., Pennsylvania; and Kvaerner Energy, Norway.
Last, but by no means least, to my wife Rose, whose quiet patience and support
enabled this new edition to be prepared.
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