Gregory K. McMillan Editor-in-Chief

Douglas M. Considine Late Editor-in-Chief

Fifth Edition

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Process/industrial instruments and controls handbook / Gregory K.
McMillan. editor : Douglas M. Considine, late editor-in-chief.
5th ed.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-07-012582-1
1. Process control Handbooks, manuals, etc. 2. Automatic control
Handbooks, manuals, etc. 3. Engineering instruments Handbooks,
manuals, etc. I. McMillan, Gregory K., 1946 . II. Considine.
Douglas M.
TS156. 8. P764 1999
629.8 dc21 99-29591
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Figures 1 through 9 and portions of the text in Batch Control: Applying the S.88.01
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