Book, Financial Engineering
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- Goldman, O. B.
- Description
- Otto Berger Goldman, a consulting engineer and professor of heat engineering at the Oregon State Agricultural College, published thes "text for consulting, managing and designing engineers and for students" in 1920. It was inteneded to assist engineers in determining the "financial efficiency of undertakings." In addition to an introduction, the book includes chapters on cost segregation, fundamental financial calculations, basic costs, vestances, unit cost determination, determination of size of a system for best financial efficience, and determination of type and size of units. A second edition would appear in 1923.
- This copy of the book is from the personal library of mining engineer William F. Eberth (1905-1976), who spent fifteen years of his career with the Atomic Energy Commission working in South Africa.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of W. F. Eberth
- 1920
- ID Number
- MA.319872.05
- accession number
- 1975319872
- catalog number
- 319872.05
- Object Name
- Book
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2.3 cm x 14.5 cm x 22 in; 29/32 in x 5 23/32 in x 55.88 cm
- place made
- United States: Oregon
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- Medicine and Science: Mathematics
- Computers & Business Machines
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Mathematics
- Economics
- Record ID
- nmah_904771
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b4-e155-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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