Hydraulics and its Applications

IN this intensely practical age, science is chiefly exploited for utilitarian ends. The fascination of experimental research lies, as Cap'n Cuttle would observe, “in the application thereof.” We seek to know, not for any mere pleasure to be derived from the acquisition of knowledge, but in order to bring that knowledge to bear upon everyday problems of life, labour, and economy.Hydraulics and its Applications.By A. H. Gibson. Pp. xvi+757; with diagrams and illustrations. (London: Archibald Constable and Co., Ltd., 1908.) Price 18s. net.