TABLE OF CONTENTS The primary source for all information appearing in this volume is the author's more than 40 years' experience in architecture, including his receiving a degree in architecture from Cornell University in 1964, and subsequently having a great variety of experiences in architectural design and construction in several parts of the country, primarily New York, Georgia, California, and Colorado. Much of his architectural engineering knowledge appeared in his earlier publications, Architectural & Engineering Calculations Manual (McGraw-Hill, 1984) (hereinafter referred to as the Original Edition), and the Standard Handbook of Architectural Engineering (McGraw-Hill, 1998) (hereinafter referred to as SHAE). This appendix lists the source or derivation of most of the newly developed formulas found in this volume except those whose derivations should be obvious to one familiar with algebra. The formulas are also streamlined as described below:
Fractional terms are eliminated whenever possible as they take up more vertical space and tend to look cluttered. Example: in this volume, A = B/ C is typically written as AC = B.
Exponents listed with root symbols 
or as fractions are written as decimals. Examples: A = 
and A = B 2 /3 are typically written as A = B 0.5 and A = B 0.67.
Multiple numerical values in one formula are converted to a single number. Example: 3 A = 4 B (5 C) 0.5
