Excerpt from The Principles of Thermodynamics, Vol. 1 of 2: With Special Applications to Hot-Air, Gas and Steam Engines
In the presentation of the present work to the Engineering Profession and to our technical Schools, a few words of introduction seem necessary.
There are several excellent works upon the subject of Thermodynamics, in English, but none with which the writer is acquainted, sufficiently wide in its scope and practical in its applications, and at the same time adapted in its mode of treatment to the needs of beginners. The subject is thus one of the most difficult for the student to get hold of in the scheme of our engineering schools, and the effort to teach it, so far as the writer's experience goes, is seldom productive of satisfactory results.
It is to meet this want that the present work is offered to the public. The writer has used the work of Rontgen in his classes for several years, and with good success. The treatment is full and practical and the presentation such as to offer but little difficulty to an earnest reader. The notation employed is that used by Zeuner, so that the book forms a good introduction to the "Warme-theorie."
During these years the work of Rontgen has grown upon the writer's hands into its present proportions, and it becomes proper here to point out at least those portions for which the German author is not responsible. In general the work of Rontgen is comprised by the large print only, while, all the rest is from other sources.
Of these, apart from the writer's own additions, the most noteworthy are the two lectures by Prof. Verdet, which have been introduced as an introduction to the work.
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