BigTank
Mechanical
- Sep 24, 2007
- 368
Has anyone ever definitively uncovered errors, either technical or typographical, in the honored Machinery's Handbook?
I believe my printing of the 26th edition has errors of both types in the beam stresses and deflections equations. Algebra led me to believe that these errors existed, and a review of previous editions carried by others around the office seemed to confirm what the algebra suggested (barring those editions aren't the ones in error, but the engineering mechanics and algebra suggest the newest edition is the one in error).
I searched the wonder that is the internet to find a whole lot of nothing. I emailed Industrial Press to pose the question in more detail as their website doesn't seem to offer the visitor any information regarding these types of errors. I have a feeling that effort might have been in vain.
So...has anyone else experienced this suspicion and a subsequent confirmation of it with this particular reference?
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I believe my printing of the 26th edition has errors of both types in the beam stresses and deflections equations. Algebra led me to believe that these errors existed, and a review of previous editions carried by others around the office seemed to confirm what the algebra suggested (barring those editions aren't the ones in error, but the engineering mechanics and algebra suggest the newest edition is the one in error).
I searched the wonder that is the internet to find a whole lot of nothing. I emailed Industrial Press to pose the question in more detail as their website doesn't seem to offer the visitor any information regarding these types of errors. I have a feeling that effort might have been in vain.
So...has anyone else experienced this suspicion and a subsequent confirmation of it with this particular reference?
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Fitter, happier, more productive