by J. Boulvin · Forgotten Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780364346020
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«Cours de Mécanique Appliquée aux Machines, Vol. 3» is J. Boulvin's treatise, published by Forgotten Books in paperback (358 pages, in French).
The volume studies heat engines and refrigeration apparatus, focusing on the conversion of heat into work and vice versa. It reviews the historical development of these principles, from steam engines to contributions such as those of Sadi Carnot, Montgolfier or Seguin, and their impact on fuel utilisation.
Third title in the course on mechanics applied to machines, taught at the École Spéciale du Génie Civil in Ghent, within the Classic Reprint collection of Forgotten Books.
Useful for students and engineers interested in the history of thermodynamics and in the operation of heat engines.
