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Acknowledgements

The author is indebted to a number of people and manufacturing organisations for
their help and support; in particular the following are thanked:
Professor W. A. Woods, formerly of Queen Mary College, University of London
and a former colleague at the University of Liverpool for his encouragement of the
idea of a fourth edition of this book as well as providing papers and suggestions for
some new items to be included. Professor F. A. Lyman of Syracuse University, New
York and Professor J. Moore of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University,
Virginia, for their helpful correspondence and ideas concerning the vexed question
of the conservation of rothalpy in turbomachines. Dr Y. R. Mayhew is thanked for
supplying me with generous amounts of material on units and dimensions and the
latest state of play on SI Units.
Thanks are also given to the following organisations for providing me with illus-
trative material for use in the book, product information and, in one case, useful
background historical information:
Sulzer Hydro of Zurich, Switzerland; Rolls-Royce of Derby, England; Voith
Hydro Inc., Pennsylvania; and Kvaerner Energy, Norway.
Last, but by no means least, to my wife Rose, whose quiet patience and support
enabled this new edition to be prepared.