Preface – First Edition
When reviewing, or contemplating writing, a text-book on engineering thermodynami cs, it is neces-
sary to ask what does this book offer that is not already available? The author has taught thermody-
namics to mechanical engineering students, at both undergraduate and postgraduate level, for
25 years, and has found that the existing texts cover very adequately the basic theories of the subject.
However, by the final years of a course, and at postgraduate level, the material which is presented
is very much influenced by the lecturer, and here it is less easy to find one book which covers all
the syllabus in the required manner. This book attempts to answer this need, for the author at least.
The engineer is essentially concerned ...