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The standard handbook for aeronautical and astronautical engineers / Mark Davies,
editor-in-chief.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-07-136229-0
1. Aerospace engineering Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Davies, Mark, date.
TL509.S664 2002
629.1 dc21 2002032551

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The sponsoring editor for this book was Shelley Ingram Carr and the production supervisor
was Sherri Souffrance. It was set in Times Roman by Pro-Image Corporation.

Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 of The Standard Handbook for Aeronautical and Astronautical
Engineers were edited, adapted, and updated specifically for this Work from Mechanical Engineer s Reference Book, 12th ed., edited by E. H. Smith (1994), published by Butterworth-
Heinemann, a division of Reed Education and Professional Publishing Ltd., and Society of
Automotive Engineers, Warrendale, PA 15096.

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