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| THE HOW AND WHY OF MECHANICAL MOVEMENTS - Exactly How Machines Work: Engines, Turbines, Transmissions, Brakes, Clutches, Rockets, Atomic Generators, Gyroscopes, Guidance Systems |  | Author: Harry Walton
Publisher: Popular Science
Category: Book
Buy Used: $4.61
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 144139
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 297
ASIN: B000IANPKE
Publication Date: 1968
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: Has former owner's name/address on front inside page. Shows some wear to dust jacket. Otherwise nice inside
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Mechanical Engineering Students - This book will knock your socks off!! July 15, 2007
Bruce Eckelman
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book ABSOLUTELY blew my mind... and I'm not even through with it yet! I have read almost half of it in a single sitting, and completely understood every word. I am over 50 years old, studied mechanical engineering in college (but changed my major) and have never found anything as easily-understandable as this book.
This book is much more than the title suggests. Actually, the title does it injustice. I haven't even gotten to the "machines" part; the first third or more of this book is devoted entirely to the so-called "simple machines": levers, pulleys, inclined planes, etc. And the presentation is so interesting, so fascinating actually, that you will be engrossed and delighted just learning about the most simple of basics! (And clearly, from which all else flows.) This understanding alone is worth the price of admission.
Walton walks you through mechanics clearly and logically, and answers every question just as it pops into your mind. Written in 1968, this book is not dated - the concepts are universal. It is nicely illustrated and incredibly clear. Note that there are a few typos (although my copy included an errata slip with the book), but the material is so well written it is easy to see when a typo has occurred.
I give this book 5 stars without hesitation. Get it while you can, there's only about 30 of them left in circulation.
You won't be disappointed.
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