1. Starting Point. 2. Fundamental Concepts. 3. A Theory of Mass. 4. Four Ways to Measure Mass Flow. 5. Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis and the Early Development of Coriolis Flowmeters. 6. Theory of Coriolis Flowmeters. 7. Development of Coriolis Flowmeter Products. 8. Thermal Flowmeters. 9. Mass Flow Controllers. 10. Multivariable Flowmeters. 11. The Rope Experiment and Finite Point Geometry. Appendix: The “Waterwheel” Myth and Coriolis’ Actual Writings.
Biography
Jesse Yoder, President of Flow Research, Inc., USA, has 36 years of experience writing about and analyzing process control and instrumentation markets, beginning as President and Founder of Idea Network, USA. He received a B.A. degree in philosophy at the University of Maryland, USA, in 1973 and a PhD in philosophy from the University of Massachusetts, USA in 1984. Dr. Yoder was an adjunct philosophy professor at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, USA and Lafayette College, USA for 10 years. He founded Flow Research, Inc. in 1998, where he still serves as the President. Flow Research is a market research company that publishes market studies on flow and instrumentation topics. Dr. Yoder has received two patents for new dual-sensor flowmeter designs. Several prototypes of these designs have been built and tested at CEESI. Dr. Yoder has prepared over 300 market studies, published over 300 articles on flow and instrumentation in industry journals, and has written several books, including New-Technology Flowmeters (CRC Press, 2023) and Conventional Flowmeters (CRC Press, 2023).
