ABSTRACT
Cryogenic Engineering by Russell B. Scott was written between 1955 and 1959 as a text book, reference book, and data book. It covered liquefaction and separation of gases; thermometry; instrumentation; thermal insulation; storage, transport, and transfer of liquids; and properties of fluids and solids. It contains the best detailed description of the liquefier project that was conducted in the early 1950s at the National Bureau of Standards (NBS) Boulder Laboratories. The book has been reprinted several times, most recently in 1995, and more than 6000 copies have been sold. The NBS cryogenics program started in 1904 when Congress appropriated funds to purchase the two-liter-per-hour hydrogen liquefier exhibited at the St. Louis World's Fair by the British Oxygen Company. An entire generation of engineers and scientists has used Scott's Cryogenic Engineering, which not only outlines fundamentals, but also includes detailed design principles and techniques. It was the first of its kind and is still considered an important reference today.
