Research Catalog

Title

The early work of Willard Gibbs in applied mechanics, comprising the text of his hitherto unpublished PH.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 [and others]

Author

Gibbs, J. Willard (Josiah Willard), 1839-1903.

Publication

New York, Schuman [c1947]

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Details

Additional Authors

Wheeler, Lynde Phelps.

Description

vii, 78 p. ill., ports.

Series Statement

• Yale university. Yale medical library. Historical library. Publication no. 17
• Yale University. Yale Medical Library. Historical Library. Publication ; no. 17.

Subjects

• Governors (Steam-engine)
• Brakes
• Gearing

Note

• Issued in connection with the centennial anniversary of the Sheffield Scientific School, Yale University, 1847-1947.

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.

Call Number

VFG (Gibbs, J. W. Early works of Willard Gibbs)

LCCN

47006887

OCLC

14681746

Author

Gibbs, J. Willard (Josiah Willard), 1839-1903.

Title

The early work of Willard Gibbs in applied mechanics, comprising the text of his hitherto unpublished PH.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 [and others]

Imprint

New York, Schuman [c1947]

Series

Yale university. Yale medical library. Historical library. Publication no. 17

Yale University. Yale Medical Library. Historical Library. Publication ; no. 17.

Added Author

Wheeler, Lynde Phelps.

Research Call Number

VFG (Gibbs, J. W. Early works of Willard Gibbs)