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registered trademark of that corporation; Joseph Leto, P.E., Consulting
Engineer; Gerald M. Eisenberg, Project Engineering Administrator,
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, who contributed a number of
new procedures and ideas; Stephen M. Eber, P.E., Ebasco Services, Inc., who
also contributed a number of new procedures and ideas; Jerome Mueller,

P.E., Mueller Engineering Corporation, who was most helpful with thoughts
on applied calculation procedures; V. Ganapathy, Heat Transfer Specialist,
ABCO Industries, Inc.; Kevin D. Wills, M.S.E., P.E., Consulting Engineer,

Stanley Consultants, Inc.; Joseph B. Shanley, Mechanical Engineer, who
metricated many illustrations and procedures; and numerous working
engineers and scientists in firms and universities in the United States and
abroad.
I owe an enormous thanks to my long-time Sponsoring Editor, Larry

Hager, of McGraw-Hill Professional. Larry is always available, helpful, and
understanding with his authors. He has put up with this author for 25+ years
and has been a steady hand on the helm for me all these years. I will always

be thankful to Larry for helping me deliver every book on schedule and
within the size requirements of the publisher.
Completion of this handbook would not have been possible without the
enormous help of my wife, Mary Shanley Hicks, a publishing professional,
who worked thousands of hours on the computer and at many other tasks to

put the gigantic manuscript into publishable condition. She—more than the
editor—deserves whatever accolades this handbook earns. And she has the
editor’s grateful thanks for keeping him on the job until the manuscript was

finished.

TYLER G. HICKS, P.E.