Marine refrigeration and air-conditioning.(Brief Article)(Book Review)

From: SciTech Book News | Date: September 1, 2005 | Copyright information

9780870335655

Marine refrigeration and air-conditioning.

Harbach, James A.

Cornell Maritime Press

2005

385 pages

$50.00

Hardcover

VM485

Writing for an audience ranging from undergraduates at maritime schools to engineers preparing for the Environmental Protection Agency's refrigerant certification exam, Harbach (engineering, United States Merchant Marine Academy) presents a textb...

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