The Wikipedia biography of William John Macquorn Rankine, the Scottish engineer whose 1859 Manual of the Steam Engine and Other Prime Movers gave rise to the vapor power cycle later named for him.
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PublisherWikipedia
Source TypeEncyclopedia
URLhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._J._M._Rankine
Reliability Tier1
Sources
Wikipedia: W. J. M. Rankine
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