Discussion: “Multicomponent Calibration of Machine-Tool Dynamometers” (Levi, R., 1972, ASME J. Eng. Ind., 94, pp. 1067–1071)

Closure to “Discussion of ‘Factors of Safety for Richardson Extrapolation’ ” (2011, ASME J. Fluids Eng., 133, p. 115501)

The Technical Brief by Roache [1] presents ten items of discussion of our factor of safety (FS) method for solution verification [2]. Our responses are listed below item-by-item using the same numbering as Roache. The nomenclature mostly follows our own and not Roache’s such as pRE for the order of accuracy calculated using the Richardson Extrapolation as opposed to the observed order of conver...

J. Mar. Sci. Eng

The reliability of the narrative of the Biblical Exodus has been subject of heated debate for decades. Recent archaeological studies seem to provide new insight of the exodus path, and although with a still controversial chronology, the effects of the Minoan Santorini eruption have been proposed as a likely explanation of the biblical plagues. Particularly, it has been suggested that flooding b...

Franklin J L. Prediction of heat and free energies of organic compounds. Ind. Eng. Chem. 41: 1070-6, 1949

"This paper was the result of a need for thermodynamic data on several hydrocarbons. I was a member of the research staff of Humble Oil & Refining Co. and had been requested to evaluate a process that seemed to have some promise of commercial application. In order to do this, I needed enthalpies and entropies of several compounds, mainly hydrocarbons. However, to my disappointment some of these...

Private social welfare expenditures, 1972-94.

Private social welfare expenditures were $680.7 billion in calendar year 1990. Viewed as a share of gross national product (GNP), private expenditures were 12.3 percent for calendar year 1990, while public expenditures for fiscal year 1990 were 19.1 percent of GNP (table 1). The private social welfare expenditure series was developed by the Social Security Administration (SSA) in 1955, with pro...

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