Mechanical Engineer's Pocket Book (Newnes Pocket Books)

This book does have a lot of useful information for mechanical engineers but if your company, like mine, uses inches then all of the reference charts are not going to be applicable to you. Even for something as simple as finding the standard tolerances on a key is only provided in metric sizes.This is not the fault of the author but I do wish I had known this before I bought it.I gave the book 5 stars because that's what it would be if I was able to utilize all of it's content. Regardless, it is still a useful book with a lot of good information at a good price so I am not entirely dissatisfied with my purchase, though I might not recommend it to anyone else in my position.

Very informative book but due to the numerous typos it can make some of the concepts a little confusing at first. I haven’t found anything blatantly wrong yet, but if you’re not careful you could be misinformed and end up with an incorrect calculation.

Ideal desk book for any quick references and calculations on Mechanical issues.Limited information but that goes with the size.Highly recommended.

Numerous tables of symbol identification and formulas easy to read and full of useful information

Don't expect a large amount formulas for analysis in this book, only 3 pages worth. This book is manly aim is to help you select the right component for your design project, screws, nuts, bolts, fasteners, etc...This book is very good as a quick referance to what type of bolt, nut .. exist. If you are going to be doing a large amount of design with machines this book is a must have!!

i bought this book and i saw there were missing pages between 30 to 70.i writed about it and there was no answer from answer.Obviously i experienced disappointment.

Essentially this is the very large Zeus table. It has just about every general engineering mathematical equation you would need, geometric concepts and formulas in abundance.It is also a fantastic reference book for things as diverse as fittings to thread sizes to beam strengths. To those of us who have gently aged to the point where our original education is something in the dim past, this book acts as a wonderful refresher if you are a mechanical engineer of any type, from the hobbyist to the professional.One thing to note. This might be called a pocket book but it certainly would not fit in any pocket in any trousers I own.Overall this should be on the shelf of anyone involved in mechanical engineering.

You'll need big pockets for this - It's compact, but lots of pages, so very thick. Extremely comprehensive, and already being used on a BTEC Level 3 Engineering course, the depth of information will make sure that this "pocket" book will be used for many years to come in my workshop.There are other engineer's pocket books out there, they certainly contain the obvious information that's commonly used, but at little difference in the price, you get a lot more book for your money, and a lot more technical information. Look at the index on the book preview to see all the different aspects that the book covers.

Excellent one stop resource for information to help in finding solutions to mechanical problems, especially for those who are not especially mechanically minded, but at the same time giving the mechanical engineer correct and concise information.A very useful book for the engineers shelf.

Fanatasic little book. Really great to have in your desk for when you need a quick formula or a refresher on some particular aspects of mechanical engineer. As a recent graduate in my first year of work this has been the most useful book out everything I've used.

Great item