Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers explained
Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers is a comprehensive handbook for the field of mechanical engineering. Originally based on the even older German German: [[Hütte]], it was first published in 1916 by Lionel Simeon Marks. In 2017, its 12th edition, published by McGraw-Hill, 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 and Massachusetts Institute of Technology 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 German: [[Hütte]]
- 2nd edition, 1924, edited by Lionel Simeon Marks
- 3rd edition, 1930, Editor-in-Chief Lionel S. Marks, total issue 103,500, McGraw-Hill Book Co. Inc.
- 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
- German: [[Hütte (book)|Hütte]]
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