Friction;: An introduction to tribology
Frank Philip Bowden, David Tabor
Hardcover
(Anchor Press, March 15, 1973)
Introduction to physics of interaction of solid surfaces. Deals with friction of metals and non-metals, action of lubricants, how machinery operates under conditions of speed and temperature, brakes, rolling friction, etc. 178 pages, graphs and a few illustrations, indexed. Bowden was a professor at Cambridge, Tabor was head of Surface Physics at the Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge.