Encyclopedic Dictionary of Gears and Gearing

A desktop reference with concise definitions for common terms, trade names, and abbreviations, for anyone who works with gears, gear drives, and related components in the areas of design, selection, maintenance, lubrication, troubleshooting, testing, quality control, or applications. A major motivation is to reduce confusion in the industry by establishing standardized terminology by which people in different parts of the country, or even different plants, can communicate. Well cross-referenced. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.