Reviews (6)

Dust Collector
Good intentions but no substance. If you own an outboard, you know that each size and brand are quite unique and generalizing the repairs of them is about as useful to an owner as a dry lake. This book is very small and it WILL collect dust or end up beneath a repair manual. Believe me.

Excellent overview- but buy the service manual too
This book provides a thorough explanation of the workings of 2-stroke & 4-stroke outboard engines, with conscientious troubleshooting guides & meticulous maintenance schedules.However, it works best as a companion to the service manual (not the general Owners Manual, but the Service Manual) for your specific model.Consider the number of outboard engine types and it's easy to see that diagrams and descriptions included are necessarily generic.If you're the kind of person who likes to know the theory behind the black box before fixing anything, order this & the manual.If you just want to learn how to clean your carburetor, call your manufacturer & get the manual.

Great info for 99% of outboard owners
I'm not quite sure what the reviewer from Raleigh, N.C. expected from this book. It is clearly not written with the intent of teaching you how to tear down and rebuild outboard motors. The editor's review above clearly says that. But If you are looking for a good common sense all-round outboard motor troubleshooting guide, then this book, combined with the specific shop manual for your motor, some moderately cheap test equipment (which you may have a lot of already) and anyone with a descent mechanical aptitude will probably be able to fix 90% of all the problems they will ever encounter with an outboard motor. The other 10% I personally will leave to the pros. It will also teach you how to avoid a lot of problems in the first place which is the biggest savings when your talking outboards. I am just a hobbyist, not a mechanic and this book has already helped me get two old motors back up and running and has been well worth its price to me. The book is well organized and is easy to understand. The author keeps things simple and down to earth and isn't trying to impress anyone with a bunch of techno-jargon. Sure the text could have been larger, maybe the pictures a little better, but hey what's perfect for everyone? ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Boating - General    2. Handbooks, manuals, etc    3. Maintenance and repair    4. Outboard Motors    5. Sailing - General    6. Ship Maintenance And Repair    7. Ships & Shipbuilding - General    8. Ships & Shipbuilding - Repair & Maintenance    9. Sports    10. Transportation    11. Boating    12. Engines & power transmission    13. Shipbuilding technology & engineering    14. Ships & shipping: general interest    15. Sports & Recreation / Boating   

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Great kinematics, poor everything else
When it came to the other sections of the book, it seemed to lack much information.a prime example is in the gears section.if you did not read the book in chronological order, you would not understand later chapters.example if you were interested in worm gears, and you didn't read the spur gears section you would be completely lost.For this reason i would say it does not make a good book for reference as it may not be clear if you will need to do some hunting later.
A classic which a passionate Mechanical Engineer should have
This was my textbook in my undergrad and which I cherish having around me. Gives a comprehensive treatment of kinematics uptill the level demanded for a practising mechanical engineer. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Engineering - Mechanical    2. Machine Engineering (General)    3. Machinery    4. Mechanical engineering    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Technology    7. Technology & Industrial Arts    8. Engineering & Technology | Mechanical Engineering    9. Technology / Engineering / Mechanical   

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The standard reference on gear engineering
One of my two favorite gear books (the other being Drago's Fubdamentals of Gear Design). The 1983 edition is thorough, comprehensive and very readable for a reference book. Surprisingly for an American book of that time, it covers the metric system and standards (ISO, etc.) used in Europe and elsewhere. While the technical standards used in the book have been updated/replaced, it is still current in many areas and lays a solid conceptual basis for gear design.
Great book at its time
This book was probably the best you could buy for introducing gear technology in 1983 (and probably still is). The only problem is that it is scanned pages from the original so all pictures are poor, especially pictures of gear failures cant be copied. At some pages there are also small white dots that covers the text but they are not so many that you get disturbed by them.
The printing quality is poor, try to find the 1984 original
The book contents might be excellent. I regreted to
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Subjects:  1. Aeronautics & Astronautics    2. Engineering - Mechanical    3. Machinery    4. Technology & Industrial Arts    5. Technology / Industrial Design / General    6. Technology: General Issues   

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A "must have" for design/manufacturing engineers
I teach Product Design Engineering at Ohio State and I can honestly say that Bralla is absolutely the best single reference for working designers and manufacturing engineers that I've found. An incredible compendium of useful infoon just about any manufacturingprocess you can think of, and plenty you HAVEN'T thought of, plus chapterson Design for Assembly, materials, economic considerations - you name it.The book is a bit pricey, but considering the amount of useful informationpacked into it, it's a steal. Bralla far exceeds McGraw-Hill's regrettablylow standards for their handbooks - this one is a keeper! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Engineering - Mechanical    2. Engineering design    3. Handbooks, manuals, etc    4. Industrial Design - Product    5. Manufacturing    6. Product Design    7. Production Engineering    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Technology    10. Technology & Industrial Arts    11. Mechanical engineering    12. Technical design    13. Technology / Engineering / Mechanical   

Subjects:  1. Engineering - Mechanical    2. Machinery    3. Science/Mathematics    4. Technology    5. Technology & Industrial Arts    6. Dynamics & vibration    7. Technology / Engineering / Mechanical   

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A towering reference text!
Besterfield made a true tour de force respect the edition and contain of Quality Control. It provides you of abundant and concise information, explicit and deatiled around the last innovations and advances in this field.
Quality on Quality
This is a professional's book! It covers quality control at the level that you need -- whether a novice in the field or an experienced professional. It does an excellent job of interrelating all of the aspects of quality control, while letting you focus on the topic at hand; you never feel that you are "out of place" in the process. This book is so good that we are going to use it as the reference/source for our training programs that cover not only quality control but quality control's relationship with other aspects of operations management and program management. I have even incorporated it into an undergraduate course I teach on quality management and productivity. There's something in it for every technical professional in the workplace today. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business / Economics / Finance    2. Business/Economics    3. Engineering - Mechanical    4. Entrepreneurship    5. Quality Control    6. Technology    7. Industrial quality control    8. Technology / Engineering / Mechanical   

Subjects:  1. Air conditioning    2. Construction - Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning    3. Engineering - Mechanical    4. Refrigeration and refrigeratin    5. Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Technology    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Heating, lighting, ventilation    10. Technology / Engineering / Mechanical   

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Great book
This book goes into great depth on systems.You'll like it.It's considered one of the best systems books. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Bond graphs    2. Computer Engineering    3. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    4. Engineering - Mechanical    5. Science/Mathematics    6. System analysis    7. Systems engineering    8. Technology    9. Technology & Industrial Arts    10. Engineering: general    11. Technology / Engineering / Mechanical   

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good book ; bad translation
this is a classic book. however, the new 8th edition is not translated very well. i have an older english version (6th edition, 1968) that is translated much better. even where the content is the same between the two editions, the "updated" translation is worse that in the original version.

A Must-have Book for Fluid Mechanics Researchers!
This is the best and the most classical fluid mechanics book that i have read. Read it through carefully and you will get much from it. Reading it from time to time can give you many new knowledge every time.

Applause
An excellent resource.A tough act to follow for any other author of BLT books. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Aeronautics & Astronautics    2. Boundary layer    3. Fluid Mechanics    4. Mechanics - General    5. Physics    6. Science    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Solid State Physics    9. Technology & Industrial Arts    10. Aerodynamics    11. Flow, turbulence, rheology    12. Fluid Dynamics    13. Jpplied Mechanics    14. Science / Mechanics / Dynamics / Fluid Dynamics   

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High School shop class.
Possibly a mandatory text for class, all information inside can be found elsewhere in more detail at a better price.Simple explanations.

Very Solid Basics
Very basic knowledge in this book is presented in the most adequate manner: simple, authoritative, enriched with most common useful tips. Comprises most areas of industrial mechanics' real life. Any mechanical shop could benefit having one copy of this book. Very valuable for novices and very useful even for experienced craftsmen - one allways need to recall either some safety procedure or basic working rules for area in which was not working for a while. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Engineering - Mechanical    2. Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning    3. Industrial equipment    4. Machinery    5. Maintenance and repair    6. Manufacturing    7. Plant Engineering    8. Science/Mathematics    9. Technology    10. Technology & Industrial Arts    11. Mechanical engineering    12. Technology / Engineering / Mechanical   

Subjects:  1. Material Science    2. Materials    3. Materials science    4. Mechanical properties    5. Mechanics - Dynamics - Thermodynamics    6. Science    7. Science/Mathematics    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Physical chemistry    10. Science / Thermodynamics   

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Good for Kids, maybe. For adult hobbyists it comes up short.
I should start off by saying that I'm not a kid, nor did I buy this and give it to a kid. I am 22 and I'm working on a completely hand-built robot. Since nobody else has written a review from this perspective - the adult hobbyist - I thought I would
awsome soooooo cool
this was an awsome robot i got it two weeks ago and im 13this robot has a cool way to be able to be progrmaed i already tried life simulation and many othersthis is the best robot with the most features its unbelievable i recommened it for beginners and those who love robotics it will be the envey of your block
great bot!!!!
This is a great bot.I recommend it for everyone.Easy to put together and lots of fun. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Engineering - Mechanical    2. Industrial Robotics    3. Programmable Controllers    4. Robotics    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Technology    7. Technology & Industrial Arts    8. Computers / Programming / General   

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jig and fixture design
The book is very useful to the undergraduate students as well as practising engineers. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Design and construction    2. Drafting & Mechanical Drawing    3. Engineering - Mechanical    4. Jigs and fixtures    5. Power Tools    6. Science/Mathematics    7. Technology    8. Technology & Industrial Arts    9. Technical design    10. Technology / Technical & Manufacturing Industries & Trades   

Subjects:  1. Engineering - Mechanical    2. Material Science    3. Mechanics - Dynamics - General    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Technology    6. Technology & Industrial Arts    7. Science / Dynamics    8. Stress & fracture   

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Very poorly written
I used this book for a graduate-level engineering course. This book is one of the worst textbooks I have seen.
This is the worst text book I've ever had to read.
I've been in college for many years now, as I'm working on my second degree now, and this is absolutely the worst book I've ever bought. One of comprehensive facilities design book of this decade
Technology will change but fundamental will remain. If you're looking for a fundamental facilities design book, you won't be disappointed with this textbook.It's one of the major reference book for IE students andprofessional. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Architecture    2. Design and construction    3. Engineering - Industrial    4. Facility management    5. Factories    6. Manufacturing    7. Plant Design    8. Public, Commercial, or Industrial Buildings    9. Science/Mathematics    10. Technology    11. Management of real estate, property & plant    12. Mechanical Engineering & Materials    13. Technology / Engineering / Industrial   

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Excellent Book
Despite the odd typographical error, this book is outstanding.It is clear, concise and quite readable.Material is presented in a manner which is easy to understand.The only slight criticisms are that my copy did not include the promised computer disk, that often the descriptions of what the code does are often hard to understand and that the binding on the book is of extremely poor quality (my copy was losing pages within days of purchase).Otherwise very highly recommended.

Great Material -- This edition is terribly made...
I gave the material in the book 5 stars, but the new edition 0 stars (at least for ~$200).My advisor just bought the newest edition (the old one finally falling apart after years of use) and it is cheaply made.The binding is already coming apart and the text is difficult to read because the text is fuzzy.Hopefully Dr. Bird will write a newer edition with some of the most recent advances and a better printing.

Tour de Force
An astonishing accomplishment by the man who more or less invented the field of DSMC calculation. Includes a handy-dandy disk (with source) so you can run you own problem with a variety of different boundary conditions.See also Bird 1973, Phys Fluids, v16 pp1830-1834. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Engineering - Mechanical    2. English as a Second Language    3. Fluid Mechanics    4. Foreign Language Study    5. Gas dynamics    6. Gas flow    7. Language    8. Mathematical models    9. Mechanics - Dynamics - General    10. Molecular dynamics    11. Physics    12. Science    13. Science/Mathematics    14. Engineering & Technology | Mechanical Engineering    15. English    16. Gas technology    17. Science / Dynamics   

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Not for beginners butgood reference ...
This book is not for those just starting out in assembly language programming.This was basically my first time programming in assembly and this book was not a big help.It only skimmed the surface giving a general description of all the components of the 68HC12 microcontroller with no concrete examples to help visualize what was going on.Read more

Subjects:  1. Automation    2. Computer Books And Software    3. Data Processing - General    4. Digital Control Systems(Computer Science)    5. Digital control systems    6. Electronic controllers    7. Engineering - Mechanical    8. General    9. Programmable Controllers    10. Technology    11. Technology & Industrial Arts    12. Microprocessors    13. Technology / Engineering / Electrical   

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Good shop
This book covers classical and modern aircraft control techniques in a easy way to understand, including continuous-model discretization.

Aircraft Control and Simulation
This book is an excelent reference for anyone who works on, has an interest in or has studied the design and modeling of aircrafts. Its explainations are very clear and understandable ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Aeronautics & Astronautics    2. Airplanes    3. Control systems    4. Engineering - Mechanical    5. Science/Mathematics    6. Technology & Industrial Arts    7. Aerospace & aviation technology    8. Technology / Engineering / Mechanical   

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Dinosaur (cold-war leftovers)
If your school or professor says otherwise, take a different prof. or transfer to another school.In fact, this text is purposely cryptic: Total BDSM engineering-style. If your course doesn't use the Schaum's outline, then you are probably being duped intentionally or by a naive prof.

Good, if you already familiar with...
Good if you've already familiar with Control Systems.
The best general book about control engineering
I had to use this book for my last semester in electrical engineering. It is really interesting, well explained and complete for a concise introduction about control engineering and design of controllers.
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Subjects:  1. Automatic control    2. Automation    3. Engineering - Electrical & Electronic    4. Science/Mathematics    5. Technology    6. Technology & Industrial Arts    7. Telecommunications    8. Automatic control engineering    9. Technology / Telecommunications   

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A Practical Reference to Steam Turbines - Must have for the Industrial Practitioner

Buying A practical guide to steam turbine technology
I want to buy the book A practical guide to steam turbine teghnology by Heinz P. Bloch. But sience my reigion is out of your list. I want to collect it from Singapore for the same i require address of your distributers there.

Mechanical Drive Steam Turbines Expertly Explained
The author manages to convey in a technically up-to-date, highly readable text all of the essentials of modern steam turbine technology.Both impulse and reaction turbines are covered. This book should be a great helpto the harried professional who quickly needs to get his hands on relevant,no-nonsense explanations covering turbine design and construction features,turbine auxiliaries, governors and controls, couplings and gears, rotordynamics technology, etc.Of particular interest are the shortcut methodsof turbine selection and sizing included in this profusely illustrated348-page text. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Engineering - Mechanical    2. Science/Mathematics    3. Steam Turbines    4. Steam-turbines    5. Technology    6. Technology & Industrial Arts    7. Steam engines    8. Technology / Engineering / Mechanical