Abstract
DR. BOWDEN and his collaborators1 in their investigations on the mechanism of metallic friction need have little doubt that, under many of the conditions of load and speed used in practice, the local temperatures reach a high value. Very high local temperatures are attained in very short intervals of time, as those who have observed 'seizure' taking place between the cylinder or liner and piston in an internal combustion engine can testify. The opportunity of witnessing this occurrence is rare in modern engine design with closed crank cases, but in the days of the horizontal gas engine, with the open-ended cylinder and trunk type piston, high temperature, often a white heat, was frequently observed when 'seizure' took place.
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