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Excerpt from The Mechanics' Handbook: A Convenient Reference Book, for All Persons Interested in Mechanical Engineering, Steam Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Railroad Engineering, Hydraulic Engineering, Bridge Engineering, Etc The first edition copies) of the pocket book of which this is the outcome was issued in October, 1893, in the form of a notebook contain ing 74 printed pages, with about the same number of blank pages for memoranda, whence the title Mechanics' Pocket Memoranda. The little book proved so popular that a new edition copies) enlarged to 110 pages was issued 8 months later. In June, 1897, the blank pages were discarded, the work was entirely recast and enlarged to 318 pages, and the edition (third) consisted of Copies. Before printing the fifth edition (march, a large amount of matter relating especially to Plumbing, Heating, and Ventilation and the Build ing Trades was taken out, replaced by tables of logarithms, trigonometric functions, etc., together with directions for using them, and other new matter, the result being to confine the work more particularly to different branches of engineering. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.