All professional engineers have a little book in which they jot
down those notes of fact, figures and formulae which they feel that they
are likely to need on future occasions. It is always more convenient to
look up one's own records than to wade through a lot of associated, but
irrelevant material, especially as this may mean a trip to the
reference library. Over a period of years, the contents of such
notebooks grow to cover a wealth of vital information, and the time
saved can be considerable. During his professional life, Tubal Cain
filled three such books and, as a lifelong engineer, he is in a unique
position to select (and add to) the material most useful to the amateur
engineer. Model Engineer's Handbook comprises a compilation of those
tables, facts, procedures and data which the author himself found
valuable in his model engineering activities and it provides a real mine
of information to which you will return again and again. Not the least
of its attributes is the use, where appropriate, of data and
calculations in both Imperial and SI units, so that all generations of
model engineers can feel at home. In this third edition, all the
existing data has been updated or re-arranged for greater clarity and
much new matter has been added to provide an even more comprehensive
book, indispensable to the expert and beginner alike.