reference book(s)

[Mike and Jane Spalding]

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
>
>