title: An Introduction to Combustion: Concepts and Applications
author:  Stephen R. Turns 
description: Stephen R. Turns received degrees in mechanical engineering from The Pennsylvania State University (B.S., 1970), Wayne State University (M.S., 1974), and the University of Wisconsin at Madison (Ph.D., 1979). He was a research engineer at General Motors Research Laboratories from 1970 to 1975. He joined the Penn State Faculty in 1979 and is currently Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Dr Turns teaches a wide variety of courses in the thermal sciences and has received several awards for teaching excellence at Penn State. He is an active combustion researcher, Publishing Widely, and is an active member of The Combustion Institute, the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and the Society of Automotive Engineers.
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  # General Science
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Bertha M. Clark
  
  
  This page formatted 2005 Munsey's.
  
  
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  PREFACE.
  
  
  CHAPTER I. HEAT
  
  
  CHAPTER II. TEMPERATURE AND HEAT
  
  
  CHAPTER III. OTHER FACTS ABOUT HEAT
  
  
  CHAPTER IV. BURNING OR OXIDATION
  
  
  CHAPTER V. FOOD
  
  
  CHAPTER VI. WATER
  
  
  CHAPTER VII. AIR
  
  
  CHAPTER VIII. GENERAL PROPERTIES OF GASES
  
  
  CHAPTER IX. INVISIBLE OBJECTS
  
  
  CHAPTER X. LIGHT
  
  
  CHAPTER XI. REFRACTION
  
  
  CHAPTER XII. PHOTOGRAPHY
  
  
  CHAPTER XIII. COLOR
  
  
  CHAPTER XIV. HEAT AND LIGHT AS COMPANIONS
  
  
  CHAPTER XV. ARTIFICIAL LIGHTING
  
  
  CHAPTER XVI. MAN'S WAY OF HELPING HIMSELF
  
  
  CHAPTER XVII. THE POWER BEHIND THE ENGINE
  
  
  CHAPTER XVIII. PUMPS AND THEIR VALUE TO MAN
  
  
  CHAPTER XIX. THE WATER PROBLEM OF A LARGE CITY
  
  
  CHAPTER XX. MAN'S CONQUEST OF SUBSTANCES
  
  
  CHAPTER XXI. FERMENTATION
  
  
  CHAPTER XXII. BLEACHING
  
  
  CHAPTER XXIII. DYEING
  
  
  CHAPTER XXIV. CHEMICALS AS DISINFECTANTS AND
  
  
  PRESERVATIVES
  
  
  CHAPTER XXV. DRUGS AND PATE