《Mechanical Engineering Glossary》

…In 1907, he participated in the founding of the Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers, which was proposed by Bunji Mano, and was responsible for the definition of mechanical terminology, which was a central activity in the early days of the society. In 1908, Iguchi became the chairman of the terminology selection committee, and over the next 20 years, a total of 222 meetings were held, and the first to fourth volumes of the “Mechanical Engineering Glossary” were published. In 1905, he published a 300-page English paper titled “Theory of Centrifugal Pumps,” and at the same time, Shibaura Manufacturing Co., Ltd. built a prototype experimental turbine pump based on Iguchi's theory. Both the theory and the experiment were pioneering, and the work was highly praised in the British Industrial Journal. …

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…97年，真野文二の提唱による日本機械学会の創設に参加し，同学会初期の中心的活動である機械用語の確定の責任者となる。98年，井口は術語選定委員長となり，その後約20年間，計222回の会合を重ね，《機械工学術語集》の第1集から第4集までを刊行した。1905年，《渦巻ポンプの理論》と題する約300ページの英文論文を発表，同時に芝浦製作所で井口の理論に基づく実験用のタービンポンプを試作，理論，実験ともに世界的に先駆的なものであり，イギリス工業雑誌で高く評価された。…

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