''Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers'' is a comprehensive
handbook
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for the field of
mechanical engineering
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. Originally based on the even older German , it was first published in 1916 by
Lionel Simeon Marks. In 2017, its 12th edition, published by
McGraw-Hill
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, marked the 100th anniversary of the work. The handbook was translated into several languages.
Lionel S. Marks was a professor of mechanical engineering at
Harvard University
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and
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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in the early 1900s.
Topics
The 11th edition consists of 20 sections:
# Mathematical Tables and Measuring Units
# Mathematics
# Mechanics of Solids and Fluids
# Heat
# Strength of Materials
# Materials of Engineering
# Fuels and Furnaces
# Machine Elements
# Power Generation
# Materials Handling
# Transportation
# Building Construction and Equipment
# Manufacturing Processes
# Fans, Pumps, and Compressors
# Electrical and Electronics Engineering
# Instruments and Controls
# Industrial Engineering
# The Regulatory Environment
# Refrigeration, Cryogenics, and Optics
# Emerging Technologies
Editions
: English editions:
* 1st edition, 1916, edited by Lionel Simeon Marks, based on the German
* 2nd edition, 1924, edited by Lionel Simeon Marks
* 1941, edited by Lionel Peabody Marks
* 1951, edited by Lionel Peabody Marks and Alison Peabody Marks
* 1967, edited by Theodore Baumeister III
* 6th edition, 1958, edited by Eugene A. Avallone, Theodore Baumeister III
* 7th edition, golden (50th) anniversary, 1976?, edited by Theodore Baumeister III
* 8th edition, edited by Theodore Baumeister III, Eugene A. Avallone
* 9th edition
* 10th edition, 80th anniversary, 1997, edited by Eugene A. Avallone, Theodore Baumeister III,
* 11th edition, 90th anniversary, 2007, edited by Eugene A. Avallone, Theodore Baumeister III, Ali M. Sadegh
* 12th edition, 100th anniversary, 2017, edited by Ali M. Sadegh, William M. Worek, Eugene A. Avallone
See also
*
References
External links
Publisher's description
Mechanical engineering
Handbooks and manuals
1916 non-fiction books
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