Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineering

Chapter 16: Instruments and Controls

BY

O. MULLER-GIRARD Consulting Engineer, Rochester, NY.

GREGORY V. MURPHY Process Control Consultant, DuPont Co.

W. DAVID TETER Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Delaware.

16.1 INSTRUMENTS

by Otto Muller-Girard

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