Reviews for Vacuum Technology - L. Carpenter - Hardcover

The average rating for Vacuum Technology - L. Carpenter - Hardcover based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2020-05-16 00:00:00 Stefanos Skourvoulianakis You can read my full summary here (website is unadvertised). It includes some things I felt were important that O'Hanlon left out and excludes some things from the book I felt weren't as important if you have a basic physics/chemistry background, e.g., gas properties). If your career deals with vacuum, read this book cover-to-cover. O'Hanlon begins with the basics of gases (their properties, flow regimes, relation with solids) and progresses to actual vacuum concepts. The mathematics behind vacuum are included with explanations, as well as lay-person descriptions. While the descriptions are nice, I encourage the reader to search the internet for videos of how the various pumps operate, as it is much clearer than words and a static figure. Third edition should be purchased if possible—the second edition was published before the invention of some important technology, e.g., scroll pumps.

Review # 2 was written on 2014-12-21 00:00:00 Bbb Bbb Di mia nonna, che non ho conosciuto, ho alcuni diari e un libriccino di ricette trascritte da lei. Fin da bambina lo leggevo, fantasticando sulle macchie, sulle date (in alcuni casi ha annotato quando le ha fatte la prima volte), sulle correzioni, su alcune rare annotazioni. Da "grande" ho provato tutte le ricette dei dolci (una passione comune, oltre alla scrittura e alla lettura). Poi ho scoperto che alcune di quelle ricette erano ricopiate (e modificate) dall'Artusi, di cui mia nonna possedeva una copia andata perduta durante la guerra. E così ho letto l'Artusi, apprezzandone le tante notazioni gastro-socio-culturali. Ma soprattutto, sentendomi vicino a mia nonna.