SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2018 Bestselling author Simon Winchester writes a magnificent history of the pioneering engineers who developed precision machinery to allow us to see as far as the moon and as close as the Higgs boson.

Provides step-by-step instructions to walk pipe designers, drafters, and students through the creation of piping arrangement and isometric drawings. This title includes instructions for the proper drawing of symbols for fittings, flanges, valves, and mechanical equipment.

This book provides a practical approach to designing machine elements in the context of complete mechanical design. It covers design procedures, example problems, use of computer aids and more. Updated, it includes new photographs and design data for some elements; new or revised standards; list of internet sites; and some completely new elements.

Many people have great ideas, but finding the right information about taking the next steps and turning your ideas into reality isn't always easy. Written by a team of leading inventors and legal experts, this book guides you through every aspect of developing your inventive ideas.

A captivating and humorous selection of inventions catalogued and registered in 19th-century Britain, as revealed through remarkable, unpublished illustrations from the National Archives.

This updated book of thermodynamic tables for students is presented in the widely used SI (metric) unit system.

Traceable calibration of test and measurement equipment is a requirement of the ISO 9000 series of standards. This book provides useful information for the growing number of firms registered for ISO 9000. It includes worked examples in the text and solutions to problems which can be compared to real life situations.