This pocket book provides basic definitions, test methods and comprehensive data on the most commonly encountered engineering materials. A useful reference for the plant or design engineer, it also serves as an excellent resource for students tackling project work on engineering courses. The third edition has been expanded to include data on processing. The content has also been matched to the latest college syllabuses including the new GNVQ. Bill Bolton is the author of many textbooks in engineering subjects and is also the author of the Newnes Instrumentations and Measurement Pocket Book.

The main object of this reference work is to provide electronics students, technicians and engineers with a basic understanding of the different types of instrumentation used for the measurement of quantities commonly encountered in engineering and process plant. The text also intends to enable readers to both understand the jargon of manufacturers' catalogues and select or appreciate the limitations of various instrumentation. The book has been divided into three sections. Part 1 is concerned with the general form of measurement systems and their characteristics; Part 2 with the components used to form measurement systems; and Part 3 with details of instruments and measurement systems for specific types of measurements. The measurements covered are chemical composition, density, displacement, electrical quantities, flow, force, level, pressure, radiation, stress and strain, temperature and vacuum.

Newnes Control Engineering Pocket Book is a concise reference text for students, technicians and engineers. Control engineering is the foundation on which modern industry is built, but is often viewed as one of the toughest subjects, as it includes abstract ideasand often tough mathematics. This pocket book provides a digest of the full range of topics needed to understand and use control systems theory and engineering.

Bill Bolton is one of the most experienced teachers and authors in the engineering world. This book complements Newnes Instrumentation and Measurement Pocket Book by Bolton. Illustrated throughout and crammed with reference material, no other book covers the basics of control in such a convenient and affordable format.