
Newnes Engineer's Pocket Book
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Newnes Engineer's Pocket Book is a collection of different tidbits of information in engineering delivered in a concise and accessible manner. This pocketbook contains many tables, charts, figures, diagrams, equations, and short statements on the different important areas of engineering. Coverage includes basic information such as the mathematical signs and symbols and the Greek alphabet; the SI units, their multiples and definitions, and their equivalent in Imperial units and Metric conversion factors; temperature and heat; weight and mass; stress; energy and horsepower; time; velocity; and electrical concepts. The book also covers machine-tool adapatations for metrication for threads, nuts, screws, bars, and gears. The text is a handy and useful reference book that will be of great aid for students and professionals in the field of engineering.
Table of Contents
Abbreviations
Mathematical Signs and Symbols
Greek Alphabet
Introduction to SI Units
Multiples of Units
Definitions of Units
Physical Quantities Expressed Dimensionally
SI Equivalents of Some Common Imperial Units
Metric Conversion Factors
Equivalents of Imperial and Metric Weights and Measures
Decimal Equivalents of Millimeters in Inches
Table of Decimal Equivalents
Comparison of Thermometers
Temperature Conversion Tables
Minutes to Decimals of a Degree
Equivalent Pressures
Stress Conversion Tables
Preferred Numbers
Weight and Mass
Energy and Horsepower
Heat
Time
Velocity
Electrical Equations
Ohm's Law for D.C. and A.C.
Root-Mean-Square Value
Electric Flex: Color Codes
Electricity Supply
Metric Gauge Blocks
Sine Bars
Machine-Tool Adaptation of Metrication
Screw Threads
Pipe Threads
Wing Nuts
Screwed Studs for General Purposes
Metal Washers
Slotted Grub Screws
Keys and Keyways
Morse and Metric Tapers
Lathe Centers
Twist-Drill Gauge Sizes
Cutting Speeds for Drills
Tapping-Drill Sizes
Wire Thread Inserts
Reamers
Ball Bearings and Cylindrical Roller Bearings
Ferrous Bars
Dimensions of Steel Tubes and Sockets
Metal Sheet, Strip and Wire
Weights of Metric Size Steel Bars
Screw-Thread Terms
Thread Forms
Acme Standard Thread
Gear Tooth Terms
Spur Gearing
Bevel Gears
Hob Terms
Circular Pitch
Diametrical Pitch
Lubricants for Cutting Tools
Spark Test of Steels
Brinell Hardness Test
Approximate Hardness Equivalents
Co-ordinates for Jig Boring
Data on Springs
Aluminum Alloys
Properties of Aluminum
Aluminum Rod, Sheet and Pipe
Wrought Aluminum Alloys
Duralumin
Fluxes
Heat Color Temperatures
Watch Screw Taps
Music Wire Gauge
Metal and Alloy Compositions
Properties of Elements
Imperial Standard Wire Gauge
Steel Sheet and Wire Gauges
Belt Drives
Pulley Calculations
Screw Cutting
Tapping Sizes
Standard Wood Screws
Wood-Screw Proportions
Rules and Formula for Worm Gears
Index Table for Milling Machines
Rivet Spacing
Dimensions for Square Shaft and Fitting
Splined Holes and Shafts
High-Speed Twist Drills
Cutting-Tool Dimensions
Grinding-Wheel Shapes and Speeds
Common Forging Shapes
Press Selection
Seams
Arithmetical Progression
Geometrical Progression
Harmonical Progression
Extracting Square Root
Extracting Cube Root
Powers and Roots of p
Mensuration
Plane Figures
Trigonometrical Formula
Examples in Stereometry
Examples in Longimetry
Examples in Planimetry
Surface Area of Solids
Pulleys
Parallelogram of Forces
Clamping Force Exerted by a Nut or Bolt
Pendulums
Formula Relating to Levers
Formula Relating to Centrifugal Force, Tension and Governors
Moments of Inertia, Conic Frustum and Flywheel Formula
Moduli of Sections and Moments of Inertia
Chords of Circles
Chords and Radians
Areas and Circumferences of Circles
Powers and Roots
Squares, Cubes and Reciprocals
Factors of Numbers to 9999
Trigonometrical Tables
Logarithm Tables
Product details
- No. of pages: 462
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Butterworth-Heinemann 1971
- Published: January 1, 1971
- Imprint: Butterworth-Heinemann
- eBook ISBN: 9781483165011