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Basics of Fluid Mechanics, 2014a

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BIBLIOGRAPHY<br />

[1] Buckingham, E. On physically similar systems; illustrations <strong>of</strong> the use <strong>of</strong> dimensional<br />

equations. Phys. Rev. 4, 345-376 (1914).<br />

[2] Buckingham, E. The principle <strong>of</strong> similitude. Nature 96, 396-397 (1915).<br />

[3] Buckingham, E. Model experiments and the forms <strong>of</strong> empirical equations. Trans.<br />

A.S.M.E. 37, 263-296 (1915).<br />

[4] Görtler, H. Zur Geschichte des pi-Theorems. ZAMM 55, 3-8 (1975). (On the<br />

history <strong>of</strong> the pi theorem, in German.)<br />

[5] Dimensional Analysis and Theory <strong>of</strong> Models by Henry L. Langhaar (John Wiley &<br />

Sons, Inc., 1951, but also apparently Krieger Publishing Co., 1980, ).<br />

A micro-biography <strong>of</strong> Edgar Buckingham<br />

Edgar Buckingham (18671940) was educated at Harvard and Leipzig, and worked at<br />

the (US) National Bureau <strong>of</strong> Standards (now the National Institute <strong>of</strong> Standards and<br />

Technology, or NIST) 1905–1937. His fields <strong>of</strong> expertise included soil physics, gas<br />

properties, acoustics, fluid mechanics, and black–body radiation.<br />

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