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J.D. Summers-Smith, Mechanical Engineering Publications, 1994, 210 x 148, hard covers, 208 pages, ISBN 085298-896-6, price: 29.00 within UK An Introductory Guide to Industrial Tribology has been written by probably the foremost industrial tribologist in the UK. Dr Summers-Smith put ICI, Britain's largest manufacturing company, on the map as a centre of tribological expertise during his 30 years with ICI as its tribology adviser and he has won an enviable reputation as a communicator and consultant in the subject. This, only his second book on industrial tribology to be published in 25 years, although he is as well known in ornithological circles as an accomplished author, is a welcome update and expansion of the earlier work.
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