Tyler G. Hicks, P.E. Editor in Chief

International Engineering Associates
Member: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
United States Naval Institute

S. David Hicks Coordinating Editor

Fourth Edition

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Standard handbook of engineering calculations / Tyler G. Hicks, editor-in-chief 4th ed.
p. cm.
Includes index.
ISBN 0-07-142793-7 (alk. paper)
1. Engineering mathematics Handbooks, manuals, etc. I. Hicks, Tyler Gregory, date.
TA332.S73 2004
620 ?.002 ?12 dc22
2004057904

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