- Hardcover: 264 pages
- Publisher: J H Haynes & Co Ltd; 2nd edition (26 Jun 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1844255166
- ISBN-13: 978-1844255160
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.6 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 949,913 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Foreword by Sir Diarmuid Downs: Sir Harry Ricardo was an engineer, scientist, inventor and designer who had a profound effect on the world-wide development of the internal combustion engine. His achievements were repeatedly honoured throughout the automobile and aircraft industries during his lifetime. As a consultant engineer, Ricardo played a vital role in bringing about British victory in two world wars and made a major contribution towards the development of the internal-combustion engine for both automobile and aircraft use. Today, the company founded in 1917 by Sir Harry, Ricardo Consulting Engineers, remains the world's foremost internal-combustion engine research establishment, retained as a consultancy by most of the world's leading car manufacturers.
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John Reynolds is a well-respected motoring journalist, author and historian who has written for numerous magazines and newspapers. His books include Haynes's Andre Citroen: Engineer, Explorer, Entrepreneur and Citroen 2CV. He lives near Lutterworth, Leicestershire.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
At first glance this might seem a technical treatise - and in fact those who study internal combustion engines will find sufficient detail to fascinate them. It is, however, a biography which covers the technical, business and personal life of a man whose contributions to transportation technology are far more widespread than his fame. The descendant of families accomplished in architecture and the arts, Ricardo was Cambridge educated at a time when most engineers in Britain learned from apprenticeship. His career spanned nearly seven decades, and his technological innovations found their way into motorcars, trucks, railroad engines and aircraft. John Reynolds pens a good read, and it will appeal to all with an interest in transportation history.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Excellent presentation of the life and works of a giant in internal combustion engine development. Ricardo is clearly shown to have left indelible marks on diverse areas of motive power. Text and illustration is clear and balanced.A fine addition to a petrol(or indeed diesel) head's bookshelf.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Technology made personable
15 May 2000
Format:Hardcover
At first glance this might seem a technical treatise - and in fact those who study internal combustion engines will find sufficient detail to fascinate them. It is, however, a biography which covers the technical, business and personal life of a man whose contributions to transportation technology are far more widespread than his fame. The descendant of families accomplished in architecture and the arts, Ricardo was Cambridge educated at a time when most engineers in Britain learned from apprenticeship. His career spanned nearly seven decades, and his technological innovations found their way into motorcars, trucks, railroad engines and aircraft. John Reynolds pens a good read, and it will appeal to all with an interest in transportation history.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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28 Dec 2011
Format:Hardcover
This is a revised, slightly expanded version of the original 1999 edition by Sutton Publishing. This book fills in much of the detail that Ricardo omitted from his autobiography. More importantly, the newer work takes us beyond his retirement in 1965 and covers the period up to Sir Harry's death in 1974. The author has provided us with an excellent portrayal of the research and development work of the Ricardo Company. This company, now known as Ricardo Consulting Engineers Ltd., is still in business on the South Coast of England. For engine aficionados this account of power plant development is a "must read."
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