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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Mechanical engineers’ handbook/edited by Myer Kutz.—3rd ed.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13 978-0-471-44990-4
ISBN-10 0-471-44990-3 (cloth)
1. Mechanical engineering—Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Kutz, Myer.
TJ151.M395 2005
621—dc22
2005008603
Printed in the United States of America.

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