Re: Good Books, Not Ingenious Mechanisms

.I agree, a much better set is the "Handbook of Precision Engineering"
by the Phillips Technical Libary and it comes in 12 volumes.
Brian Fairey.

> Joe Vicars wrote:
>
> > I have this set of books, "Ingenious Mechanisms" in four

volumes but I caution you to get a copy and try to read it BEFORE

> > buying. Most of the information is very hard to get into

something really practical. The drawings are like patent drawings,
they

> > really don't show you much. It is more useful for general

reading.

> > A VERY good book on the same subject is this one:
> >
> > Mechanisms and Mechanical Devices Sourcebook
> > 2nd Edition
> >
> > Nicholas P. Chironis & Neil Sclater
> > McGraw-Hill 1991, 1996
> >
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> >
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