Advances in Cryogenic Engineering

by Klaus D. Timmerhaus

Book Overview

In late 1877, Louis Cailletete in France and Raoul Pictet in Switzerland independently succeeded in liquefying oxygen, thereby proving a hypothesis set forth by Antoine Lavoisier nearly 100 years earlier. The theme of the 1977 Cryogenic Engineering Conference "Cryogenics: A Century of Progress-A Chal- lenge for the Future" properly commemorated this accomplishment by reviewing some of the noteworthy advances since that time and outlining many advances...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1461340411
• ISBN13: 9781461340416
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 748 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.7" x 9.6"