Background
Dowson, Duncan was born on August 31, 1928 in Kirkbymoorside, York, England. Son of Wilfred and Hannah (Crosier) Dowson.
(All about least-hydrodynamic lubrication, the name given ...)
All about least-hydrodynamic lubrication, the name given to the lubrication regime in operation over the small areas where machine components are in nominal point or line contact.
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Having revised and updated his classic History of Tribology, Duncan Dowson - the father of tribology - takes his account of the subject from the earliest times to include the latest developments up to and including the present day. Illustrated with photographs, diagrams, and line drawings.
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(A revised and updated edition of Professor Duncan Dowson'...)
A revised and updated edition of Professor Duncan Dowson's classic History of Tribology which has been unavailable for a number of years. The scope of Professor Dowson's survey is broad in time, place, and subject. All the major periods in the history of science and technology are covered, including the much-neglected Middle Ages, the Renaissance and other recognised eras of scientific development. For each period the author puts tribology in its social, environmental, and historical context, to show that the science and technology of tribology developed from the need to solve the practical problems of the day. Lavishly illustrated with photographs, diagrams and line drawings, this edition contains much new material dealing with recent developments in tribology. This immense historical survey has been written for all those concerned with tribology in the belief that future developments can benefit greatly from lessons learnt from the achievements and problems of the past.
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consultant Mechanical engineering educator
Dowson, Duncan was born on August 31, 1928 in Kirkbymoorside, York, England. Son of Wilfred and Hannah (Crosier) Dowson.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, University Leeds, England, 1950. Doctor of Philosophy, University Leeds, England, 1952. Doctor of Science, University Leeds, England, 1971.
Doctor Tech (honorary), Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden, 1979. Doctor (honorary), L'Institute National des Sciences Appliq., Lyon, France, 1991. Doctor of Science (honorary), University Liège, Belgium, 1996.
Research engineer, Sir W.G. Armstrong Whitworth Aircraft Company, Coventry, 1952-1954; mechanic engineering lecturer, U. Leeds, 1954-1963; senior lecturer, U. Leeds, 1963-1965; reader, U. Leeds, 1965-1966; professor engineering fluid mechanics and tribology, U. Leeds, 1966-1993; professor emeritus, honorary fellow, U. Leeds, since 1993; research professor, U. Leeds, since 1995.
(Having revised and updated his classic History of Tribolo...)
(All about least-hydrodynamic lubrication, the name given ...)
(A revised and updated edition of Professor Duncan Dowson'...)
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Member science committee Yorkshire Regional Health Center, Harrogate, 1974-1977. Member Minister of State for Education and Science, London, 1964-1966. Fellow American Society of Mechanical Engineers (life), Institute Mechanical Engineers (president 1992-1993), Royal Academy Engineering, Royal Society London, Society Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (United States), Royal Society Arts (chairman Yorkshire region 1992-1997).
Member Science and Engineering Research Council Applied Mechanics Society (biomaterials medical engineering committee 1979-1985, materials committee 1982-1985, electro-mechanic committee 1987-1990), Royal Swedish Academy Engineering Sciences, Fellow City and Guilds of London Institute, 1996.
Married Mabel Strickland, December 15, 1951. Children: David Guy, Stephen Paul (deceased).