ESHBACH’S HANDBOOK OF ENGINEERING
FUNDAMENTALS
Eshbach’s Handbook of Engineering Fundamentals, Fifth Edition Edited by Myer Kutz
Copyright © 2009 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
ESHBACH’S HANDBOOK OF ENGINEERING
FUNDAMENTALS, FIFTH EDITION
Edited by
Myer Kutz
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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