Product Description

Newly revised and expanded Marks! TRY TO STUMP IT! Get your hands on the NEW MARKS and you'll solve any mechanical engineering problem quickly and easily--guaranteed! 2,080 pages of mechanical engineering facts, figures, standards and practices; 3,000 illustrations and 900 tables clarify every important mathematical and engineering principle; collective knowledge of 168 experts helps you answer any analytical, design and application question you'll ever have; Most up-to-date engineering data available in a single source on networks, software, bar coding, electronic distance measurement, LSI and FLSI chips, optical design and more!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #639093 in Books
• Published on: 1996-06-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 1792 pages

Review
…CD-ROM contains…10th edition of the printed handbook…updated…on…environment, steel, friction, fluid film bearings, gears, air-conditioning, vibrations, robotics, composite materials, and pumps…Useful… -- Choice, July 2000

Review
By A.M. Strauss, Vanderbilt University

This CD-ROM contains the complete text of the 10th edition of the printed handbook…The disc also has some updated material on the environment, steel, friction, fluid film bearings, gears, air-conditioning, vibrations, robotics, composite materials, and pumps. The installation of the disc proceeded very efficiently…and was completed in a few minutes…One can magnify the text and figures by positive zooming…There is also an icon for many equations, which, when clicked, opens up a Mathcad window where calculations can be performed. A useful feature is the Adobe Acrobat Find feature for searching the entire handbook…Useful for graduate students faculty, researchers and professionals.

From the Back Cover
The 80th Anniversary Edition of the Classic Mechanical Engineering Handbook Now in a larger format with nearly 1800 pages and more than 2300 illustrations, the 10th Edition of "Marks" is bigger and better than ever--providing quick access to more than 100 vital topics relating to modern mechanical engineering principles, standards, and practices! Fully updated to reflect current industry standards and practices, this edition of the classic handbook known simply as "Marks" offers fast, easy access to a wealth of practical information and data on more than 100 essential mechanical engineering topics-from the mechanics of solids and fluids to machine elements, from electrical and electronics engineering to environmental control, and from industrial engineering to instruments and controls. The Tenth Edition features contributions from 125 top experts and includes all-new and rewritten material on gearing, autofacing, HVAC, displacement pumps, vibration, computers, robotics, iron and steel, nonmetallic materials, stainless steels, composites, fluid film bearings, industrial plants, and more. Complete with state-of-the-art techniques and methods, plus thousands of illustrations, tables, charts, and formulas, this new edition remains the ultimate authority on every aspect of modern mechanical engineering.

Customer Reviews

Reference manual, not a problem solver
I've had this handbook for 2 years now, and I still am amazed by the wealth of information it provides on every page. Information is well presented and concise; figures and graphs are clear. Mechanical Engineering is an incredibly vast field, and hundreds of books have been written on any one topic. So do not expect to find the answers to your engineering problems, as diverse as they may be, within ONE book. BUT, as a handy reference, to review forgotten concepts on anything from logarithms to pumps to steam plants to automobiles to pumps, to look up data on pipe diameters, air conditioning coefficients, thermodynamic tables, vibration equations, tables of integrals, etc, etc ... there's no other like it. Together with Machinery's Handbook they form the best reference combo a Mechanical Engineer a can have. Just remember, for your more specific needs, go to a book on that covers only that field.

Marks' Handbook is a winner!
This book is an excellent general reference on a number of areas of science, engineering, and technology. I often refer to it first when searching for information on an unfamiliar subject. Most mechanical engineers working in design, manufacturing, and construction would benefit by having a copy of this book in their personal library.

Mark's ME Handbook on CD
I was very disappointed in the CD version of Mark's Handbook. While I am a user of Mark's handbook for over 30 years, the CD version is not friendly. The ability to search for subjects is next to non-existent.

I asked to return the CD book and was told because in was opened (I broke the seal, of course, to inspect it), it was not returnable.

Be careful in buying CD books... there is a no return policy.