A History and Philosophy of Fluid Mechanics supplies the required knowledge —

supplies the required knowledge — not just by listing and describing methods

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and the consummate skills of the carpenters and builders who crafted them

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A History and Philosophy of Fluid Mechanics supplies the required knowledge —Through the centuries, the intricacies of fluid mechanics the study of the laws of motion and fluids in motion have occupied many of history's greatest minds. In this pioneering account, a distinguished aeronautical scientist presents a history of fluid mechanics focusing on the achievements of the pioneering scientists and thinkers whose inspirations and experiments lay behind the evolution of such disparate devices as irrigation lifts, ocean liners,