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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Boyce, Meherwan P.
Gas turbine engineering handbook / Meherwan P. Boyce. 3rd ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-88415-732-6 (alk. paper)
1. Gas-turbines Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Title.

TJ778 .B67 2001
621.43 ?3 dc21

2001040520

British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
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ISBN 13: 978-0-7506-7846-9

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