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OSBORNE REYNOLDS CENTENARY 1886–1986 Part II

D. DOWSON (Institute of Tribology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds)

Industrial Lubrication and Tribology

ISSN: 0036-8792

Article publication date: 1 March 1987

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Abstract

THE first part of Professor Duncan Dowson's paper (March/April issue) dwelt on late 19th century development of machinery outstripping the performance of available lubricants. Contemporary lubricant research, and personalities involved, where described, leading to the concept of fluid‐film lubrication, documented by Professor Osborne Reynolds' paper read to the Royal Society in 1886.

Citation

DOWSON, D. (1987), "OSBORNE REYNOLDS CENTENARY 1886–1986 Part II", Industrial Lubrication and Tribology, Vol. 39 No. 3, pp. 84-118. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb053351

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MCB UP Ltd

Copyright © 1987, MCB UP Limited

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