Hi Ron, . My favorite is "Marks Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers". You can read about it at McGraw-Hill's professional reference web page http://www.books.mcgraw-hill.com/mecheng/mecheng-home.html. I wouldn't pay them $150 for the current edition - find a used bookstore near an engineering college and buy an older edition, the material properties probably haven't changed much in the last few decades. Mike Spalding ----- Original Message ----- From: Ron Nossaman <RNossaman@KSCABLE.com> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2001 5:10 PM Subject: reference book(s) > Hi Gang, > I've lately begun to lose enthusiasm for wading through a dozen or more > technical reference books looking for information on basic physical > properties of materials, only to not find anything useful. It should be > easier than this. It's interesting to me that the basic information > required to make use of the rest of these books' contents is so seldom > included and so difficult to find anywhere. I'd like to get past that if I > can, as easily and quickly as possible. Can anyone recommend a more "one > stop", "all the mechanical engineering oriented known physical properties > of everything on the planet" sort of title I can look into? Is there a > book1 reference bible - and 2, and 3? > > Suggestions welcome. > > > Ron N > >
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