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== Reading Materials ==
== Reading Materials ==
=== Books ===
=== Books ===
Title (Links to Amazon.com), Author, ISBN, Description
* [http://www.lindsaybks.com/ Lindsay Technical Publications]. An amazing catalog of how to books from the turn of the century to modern technology.
* [http://www.lindsaybks.com/ Lindsay Technical Publications]. An amazing catalog of how to books from the turn of the century to modern technology.
* [http://www.knowledgepublications.com Knowledge Publications]. A lot of energy related books.
* [http://www.knowledgepublications.com Knowledge Publications]. A lot of energy related books.
==== Chemistry ====
* [http://www.amazon.com/Chemical-Tradename-Dictionary-Michael-Ash/dp/1560816252/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265122800&sr=1-1 Chemical Tradename Dictionary (Paperback)] Ash 1560816252 A dictionary that cross references tradename and scientific names of industrial chemicals.
* [http://www.amazon.com/Industrial-Chemical-Thesaurus-Michael-Ash/dp/1560816155/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265123680&sr=1-1 Industrial Chemical Thesaurus Vol 1 & 2 (Hardcover)] Ash 1560816155 This reference work contains approximately 40,000 international tradenames by which more than 6000 generic chemicals are known and marketed worldwide.
* [http://www.amazon.com/McGraw-Hill-Dictionary-Chemistry-Sybil-Parker/dp/0070524289/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265125958&sr=1-1 McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Chemistry (Paperback)] Parker 9780070524286 An essential reference for all professional engineers, writers, and students.
==== Computer sciences ====
==== Crafts ====
==== Electricity & Electronics ====
* [http://www.amazon.com/Electrical-Motor-Controls-Gary-Rockis/dp/0826916716/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265123323&sr=1-1 Electrical Motor Controls (Hardcover)] Rockis 9780826916716 Considered to be the standard text for text books in the field. This textbook presents technical information on the control devices used in contemporary industrial electrical systems. A sampling of topics includes electrical safety, solenoids, reversing motor circuits, power distribution systems, solid-state relays, reduced-voltage starting, PLCs, and DC and AC circuits.
* [http://www.amazon.com/Telephone-Repair-Illustrated-Stephen-Bigelow/dp/0830640347/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265128669&sr=1-2 Telephone Repair Illustrated (Hardcover)] Bigelow 0830640347 This guide will take you through beginning and intermediate levels of telephone repair.
==== Engineering & Design ====
* [http://www.amazon.com/507-Mechanical-Movements-Mechanisms-Devices/dp/0486443604/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265122515&sr=1-1 507 Mechanical Movements: Mechanisms and Devices (Dover Science Books) (Paperback)] Brown 0486443604 This 1868 compendium of ingenious mechanisms employs simple drawings to explain 507 of the small components that constitute complex machinery. Left-hand pages feature illustrations, and facing pages offer brief descriptions of use and operation. Ranging from simple to complex, the mechanisms include cranks, pulleys, drills, wheels, and screws.
* [http://www.amazon.com/Dictionary-Engineering-Sybil-P-Parker/dp/0070524351/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265123019&sr=1-1 Dictionary of Engineering (Paperback)] Parker 9780070524354 An essential reference for all professional engineers, writers, and students.
* [http://www.amazon.com/Engineering-Formulas-Kurt-Gieck/dp/0071457747/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265123412&sr=1-1 Engineering Formulas (Hardcover)] Gieck 9780071457743 A good source of math formulas for many subjects.
* [http://www.amazon.com/Ingenious-Mechanisms-Designers-Inventors-Set/dp/0831110848/ref=tmm_hrd_title_4 Ingenious Mechanisms for Designers and Inventors 4-Volume Set (Hardcover)] Jones 0831110848 Among the mechanisms described and illustrated by working diagrams are: Cam applications and special cam designs; intermittent motions from gears and cams; interlocking devices; valve diagrams; reversing mechanisms of special design; tripping or stop mechanisms; drives of crank type for reciprocating driven members; feeding mechanisms and auxiliary devices; feeding and ejecting mechanisms; and many, many more.
* [http://www.amazon.com/Machine-Design-Handbook-Ph-D-Lingaiah/dp/0070379335/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265125252&sr=1-1 Machine Design Data Handbook (Hardcover)] Lingaiah 9780070379336 This unique handbook provides hundreds of charts on material properties as well as the necessary equations, formulas, calculations, graphs, and data required to solve the full range of machine design problems.
* [http://www.amazon.com/Basic-Fixture-Design-Paul-Campbell/dp/0831130520/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265122606&sr=1-1 Basic Fixture Design (Hardcover)] Campbell 831130520 This illustrated introduction to fixture design takes the reader from concept to building. It details the mechanics, materials used, commercially available components, design procedures, and economics.
* [http://www.amazon.com/Fixture-Design-Manual-Erik-Henriksen/dp/0831110988/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265125144&sr=1-1 Jig and Fixture Design Manual (Hardcover)] Henriksen 0831110988 Written for the experienced engineer as well as the student, this comprehensive reference presents the fundamental aspects of jig and fixture design.
* [http://www.amazon.com/Mechanisms-Mechanical-Sourcebook-Nicholas-Chironis/dp/0070109184/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265126042&sr=1-1 Mechanisms and Mechanical Devices Sourcebook (Hardcover)] Chironis 0070109184 A one-of-a-kind pictorial directory gives you drawings and descriptions of time-tested components, mechanisms, and devices.
* [http://www.amazon.com/Rolling-Bearings-Contribution-Progress-Technology/dp/0712415009/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1265133507&sr=8-1 Rolling Bearings and Their Contribution to the Progress of Technology (Hardcover)] FAG Bearings 712415009 A text unique in the fact that it was written and published by a manufacturing company
* [http://www.amazon.com/Unwritten-Laws-Engineering-W-King/dp/0791806413/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265129197&sr=1-1 Unwritten Laws of Engineering (Paperback)] King 0791806413 This fully revised and updated edition of the 1944 classic serves as a crucial compilation of 'house rules' or a professional code.
==== Food ====
==== General Reference ====
* [http://www.amazon.com/Dr-Deming-American-Japanese-Quality/dp/0671746219/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265123135&sr=1-1 Dr. Deming: The American Who Taught the Japanese About Quality (Paperback)] Aguayo 9780671746216 This is a classic book that is very useful for those who need a gentle introduction to Total Quality Management. Although 15 years old with some rather dated examples, the message it gives is still relevant and important.
* [http://www.amazon.com/Pocket-Ref-Thomas-J-Glover/dp/1885071337/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265126311&sr=1-1 Pocket Ref (Paperback)] Glover 1885071337 Pocket Ref is a unique book. It is part encyclopedia, part trivia tome, part entertainment and part dispute-solver. Buried in the various tables and charts are tons of data and facts to aid the reader, roadside mechanic or budding MacGyver. There is also a [http://www.amazon.com/Deskref-Thomas-JGlover/dp/1885071442/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_3 full size version] that does not require a microscope to read.
==== Human Factors ====
* [http://www.amazon.com/Control-Systems-Innovations-Advanced-Companie/dp/1563271435/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265129436&sr=1-1 Visual Control Systems (Visual Control Innovations in Japan's Most Advanced Companies) (Paperback)] Shimbun 9781563271434 How to keep factory workers from messing up by using signs, lights, charts and pictures.
* [http://www.amazon.com/Factors-Design-Handbook-Wesley-Woodson/dp/0070717680/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265123598&sr=1-1 Human Factors Design Handbook (Hardcover)] Multiple 9780070717688 Covers the art and science of designing machines for human use.
==== Hydraulics ====
* [http://www.amazon.com/Vickers-Industrial-Hydraulics-Manual-Training/dp/0963416200/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265129312&sr=1-1 Vickers Industrial Hydraulics Manual (Hardcover)] Vickers 9780963416209 Eaton Fluid Power Training's Industrial Hydraulics Manual have set the standard for the industry for many years. Clear, plainly written text and high-quality illustrations make the Vickers Industrial Hydraulics Manual the most popular hydraulics text both in plants and at local college bookstores.
==== Inventions & Inventing ====
* [http://www.amazon.com/Creativity-Flow-Psychology-Discovery-Invention/dp/0060928204/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265122937&sr=1-1 Creativity: Flow and the Psychology of Discovery and Invention (Paperback)] Csikszentmihalyi 9780060928209 What makes us invent things?
* [http://www.amazon.com/Inventing-Modern-America-Microwave-Mouse/dp/0262523493/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265124066&sr=1-1 Inventing Modern America: From the Microwave to the Mouse (Paperback)] Brown 9780262523493 Introduces 35 practitioners of American ingenuity in this survey, profiling inventors in many fields.
* [http://www.amazon.com/Invention-Design-Engineers-Thought-Thing/dp/0674463684/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265124550&sr=1-1 Invention by Design; How Engineers Get from Thought to Thing (Paperback)] Petroski 9780674463684 Invention by design is a complex book written about simple everyday things we use. Things like paper clips, aluminum cans, mechanical pencils, zippers, airplanes, bridges, and more.
* [http://www.amazon.com/Inventors-Discoverers-Changing-Our-World/dp/0870447513/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265124646&sr=1-1 Inventors and Discoverers: Changing Our World (Hardcover)] Newhouse 0870447513 From steam to aeronautics, from photography to tomorrow's technology, this intriguing chronicle of invention and discovery relives 200 years of technological breakthroughs that have changed our world.
* [http://www.amazon.com/Engines-Our-Ingenuity-Engineer-Technology/dp/0195167317/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265129021&sr=1-1 The Engines of Our Ingenuity: An Engineer Looks at Technology and Culture (Paperback)] Lienhard 9780195167313 What makes us engineer things?
==== Learning & Problem Solving ====
* [http://www.amazon.com/Thinkers-Toolkit-Powerful-Techniques-Problem/dp/0812928083/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265129116&sr=1-1 The Thinker's Toolkit: 14 Powerful Techniques for Problem Solving (Paperback)] Jones 9780812928082 A book for problem solving and decision-making.
==== Material Sciences ====
* [http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Materials-Processes-Iu-Mechanical-Technology/dp/0827350201/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265123914&sr=1-1 Introduction to Materials and Processes (Hardcover)] Wright 9780827350205 A comprehensive approach designed to introduce the beginning student of engineering to the basic concepts of the industrial materials and
manufacturing processes.
* [http://www.amazon.com/Materials-Handbook-Encyclopedia-Professionals-Technicians/dp/0070070741/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265125796&sr=1-1 Materials Handbook: An Encyclopedia (Hardcover)] Brady 9780070070745 Covers both classic and cutting edge material, applications and limitations.
==== Metalworking & Machining ====
* [http://www.amazon.com/How-run-lathe-operation-cutting/dp/155918115X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265123472&sr=1-1 How To Run A Lathe (Paperback)] O'Brian 155918115X The care and operation of a screw cutting lathe.
* [http://www.amazon.com/Machine-shop-Practice-Vol-1/dp/0831111267/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265125319&sr=1-1 Machine Shop Practice Vol. 1 (Hardcover)] Moltrecht 0831111267 An essential reference for all machinists, professional engineers, writers, and students.
* [http://www.amazon.com/Machine-Shop-Practice-Vol-2/dp/0831111321/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265125480&sr=1-1 Machine Shop Practice Vol. 2 (Hardcover)] Moltrecht 0831111321 An essential reference for all machinists, professional engineers, writers, and students.
* [http://www.amazon.com/Machinerys-Handbook-Tool-Box-Franklin-Jones/dp/0831126256/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265125555&sr=1-1 Machinery's Handbook Tool-Box Edition (Hardcover)] Multiple 9780831126254 Considered to be the standard metalworking shop reference. Updated versions regularly published.
* [http://www.amazon.com/Machining-Fundamentals-John-R-Walker/dp/0870067109/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265125720&sr=1-1 Machining Fundamentals (Hardcover)] Walker 870067109 A comprehensive text that provides an introduction to the various machining operations, setups, and procedures. The colorful and detailed text covers all traditional machining methods, as well as newer and nontraditional methods. Extensive coverage of CNC and automated manufacturing processes is included.
* [http://www.amazon.com/Modern-Metalworking-John-R-Walker/dp/0870061666/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265126117&sr=1-1 Modern Metalworking (Hardcover)] Walker 870061666 A good basic high school/jr. college shop course text book on the subject. Long out of print but can often be had for less than $2 used.
==== Old Things New ====
* [http://www.amazon.com/Sears-Roebuck-Catalogue-Consumers-Guide/dp/0791019454/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1265122315&sr=8-1 1897 Sears, Roebuck & Co. Catalog (Paperback)] Israel 9780791019450 A great source of nostalgia, lost ideas and technologies.
* [http://www.amazon.com/1902-Sears-Roebuck-Co-Catalog/dp/0517009226/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265122415&sr=1-1 1902 Sears, Roebuck & Co. Catalog (Paperback)] Amory 9780517009222 A great source of nostalgia, lost ideas and technologies.
* [http://www.amazon.com/Boy-Mechanic-Things-Boys-Book/dp/0917914880/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265122711&sr=1-1 Boy Mechanic: 700 Things for Boys to Do/ Book 1-3 (Paperback)] Pop Mechanics 917914880 A compendium reprint of projects from Popular Mechanics circa 1913. A great source of nostalgia, lost ideas and technologies. 3+ Volumes are available.
* [http://www.amazon.com/boy-electrician-Alfred-Powell-Morgan/dp/1559181648/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265128800&sr=1-1 The Boy Electrician (Paperback)] Morgan 1559181648 The classic how-to book, first published in 1913, is filled with dozens of electrical projects and experiments for the young and old alike.
* [http://www.amazon.com/Control-Systems-Innovations-Advanced-Companie/dp/1563271435/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265129436&sr=1-1 War Toys for Boys Classic Plans (Pamphlet)] Hall 1559182490 A compendium reprint of projects from Popular Mechanics circa 1913. A great source of nostalgia, lost ideas and technologies.
==== Physics ====
==== Robotics ====
=== Magazines ===
=== Magazines ===