Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers
Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers is a comprehensive handbook for the field of mechanical engineering. Originally based on the even older German Hütte, it was first published in 1916 by Lionel Simeon Marks. In 2017, its 12th edition, published by McGraw-Hill, marked the 100th anniversary of the work. The handbook was translated into several languages.
Lionel S. Marks was a professor of mechanical engineering at Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the early 1900s.[1]
Topics
The 11th edition consists of 20 sections:
- Mathematical Tables and Measuring Units
- Mathematics
- Mechanics of Solids and Fluids
- Heat
- Strength of Materials
- Materials of Engineering
- Fuels and Furnaces
- Machine Elements
- Power Generation
- Materials Handling
- Transportation
- Building Construction and Equipment
- Manufacturing Processes
- Fans, Pumps, and Compressors
- Electrical and Electronics Engineering
- Instruments and Controls
- Industrial Engineering
- The Regulatory Environment
- Refrigeration, Cryogenics, and Optics
- Emerging Technologies
Editions
- English editions:
- 1st edition, 1916, edited by Lionel Simeon Marks, based on the German Hütte
- 2nd edition, 1924, edited by Lionel Simeon Marks
- 3rd edition, 1930, Editor-in-Chief Lionel S. Marks, total issue 103,500, McGraw-Hill Book Co. Inc.
- 1941, edited by Lionel Peabody Marks
- 1951, edited by Lionel Peabody Marks and Alison Peabody Marks
- 1967, edited by Theodore Baumeister III
- 6th edition, 1958, edited by Eugene A. Avallone, Theodore Baumeister III
- 7th edition, golden (50th) anniversary, 1976?, edited by Theodore Baumeister III
- 8th edition, edited by Theodore Baumeister III, Eugene A. Avallone
- 9th edition
- 10th edition, 80th anniversary, 1997, edited by Eugene A. Avallone, Theodore Baumeister III,
- 11th edition, 90th anniversary, 2007, edited by Eugene A. Avallone, Theodore Baumeister III, Ali M. Sadegh[2]
- 12th edition, 100th anniversary, 2017, edited by Ali M. Sadegh, William M. Worek, Eugene A. Avallone
See also
References
- ^ "Harvard Professors at MIT". Harvard Alumni Bulletin. Vol. 17, no. 5. Harvard Alumni Association, Associated Harvard Clubs. 1914-10-28.
- ^ Avallone, Eugene A.; Baumeister III, Theodore; Sadegh, Ali M., eds. (2007). Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers (11th ed.). New York, USA: McGraw-Hill. ISBN 978-0-07-142867-5.