Machinery's Handbook - with CD-Rom - Machinery's Handbook Large Print W/CD Author:Erik Oberg This package gives users Machinery's Handbook 26th Edition in two ways: in print and on CD-ROM. After more than 85 years of continuous publication, Machinerys Handbook remains unchallenged as "The Bible" in its field, and the new 26th edition remains true to the Handbooks original design as an extraordinarily comprehensive yet pract... more »ical and easy-to-use reference for mechanical and manufacturing engineers, designers, draftsmen, toolmakers, and machinists. Also get the complete contents of the 26th edition of this world-renowned reference with the power, versatility, and convenience of Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). Adobe PDF is acknowledged as the open de facto standard for electronic document distribution worldwide. PDF files are compact and can be shared, viewed, navigated, and printed exactly as created by anyone with Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is included free on this disk. Extensive cross-referencing between the CD-ROM and the Handbook make them ideal complements. The CD-ROM provides: Boolean and proximity searches; complete text search; extensive support for bookmarking, journaling and annotation; interlinks leading to related topics and examples; zoom features for detailed viewing of figures and graphs; cut and paste capabilities for inserting text and figures into other documents and programs; and an expandable table of contents providing instant access to text, tables and illustrations. Features of the 26th edition of the Handbook: Nearly 100 pages longer overall than prior editions. An expanded table of contents and index to make finding information easier and faster. Expanded coverage of speeds and feeds, including new material on grinding. A new and innovative presentation on the econometrics of machining and grinding which is designed to help lower unit manufacturing costs and/or maximize production output in the most cost-effective way. An expanded mathematics section, including new coverage of coordinate systems and interpolations. Aside from changes in content (and there are many others too numerous to list in this small space), the Handbooks editors have paid close attention to enhancing the clarity of the presentation through improved page layout and graphics.« less