,Newnes
Engineering
Science
Pocket Book
Third edition
John Bird
BSc(Hons), CEng, CMath, FIMA, MIEE, FCollP, FIEIE
OXFORD AUCKLAND BOSTON
JOHANNESBURG MELBOURNE NEW DELHI
, Newnes
An imprint of Butterworth-Heinemann
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First published as the Newnes Engineering & Physical Science Pocket Book 1993
Second edition 1996
Third edition as the Newnes Engineering Science Pocket Book 2001
John Bird 2001
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ISBN 0 7506 4991 7
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