Hydraulic Fluid Power - A Historical Timeline By Steve Skinner

Hydraulic Fluid Power - A Historical Timeline By Steve Skinner
Steve Skinner 46 years of experience with hydraulics was gained mainly with Vickers and subsequently Eaton in the UK. Steve Skinner has published Hydraulic Fluid Power – A Historical Timeline , a book that takes a light-hearted trip through the history of the power-transmission medium from its initial development at the end of the 18th century up until the modern day.

His all new Hydraulic Fluid Power - A Historical Timeline traces the roots of hydraulics to 275 BC, when Ctesibius, the son of a barber, invented the double-piston pump. Hydraulic fluid power has been around for just over 200 years. Largely unnoticed, however, by the general public, it operates unseen and often unheard in the background of all our lives.
The soft-cover book contains 126 pages and although it somewhat emphasizes hydraulics technology in the UK, it does provide credit to those in other countries. A notable example is acknowledgement of the accomplishments of American John Pippenger, a founding member of the International Fluid Power Society, author, teacher, and company executive.