Titaniumboy
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Has anyone ever heard of a book by P.R. Nolen titled Math and Measuring written back in 1982? I have a pdf copy of the book but would love to get my hands on the real book.
This book is densely packed with a mind boggling array of math formulas of interest to us who are machinists, or even those of us who are only "wanna be" machinists. Math and Measuring would also be useful for those involved in inspecting machined parts.
A couple of pages picked at random:
Page 13 – Distance from Point in Triangle to Vertices
Page 37 – Measuring Tapered Holes
Page 73 – Radius Polygons
Page 104 – Compound Sine Plate – Location of Origin
Page 133 – Circle Tangent to Line Thru a Point
Page 175 – Circle Tangent Line and Circle
Page 198 – Circle Tangent to Two Circles
Page 235 – Sphere Tangent to Three Tangent Spheres
Math and Measuring is completely handwritten, albeit in the neatest penmenship that I have seen in a long time. All formulas shown also include completely worked out examples.
I'm not sure if this was ever a bona-fide book. There is no ISBN number that I can find, and I've only seen Math and Measuring as a loose set of copied pages. This set of loose pages was given to one of the machining instructors at the local community college where I've been taking machining and CNC classes. Last year one of the students was able to scan the loose pages and make the attached pdf.
Normally I don't post copyrighted material, but in this case I'm afraid that Math and Measuring is much more likely to be an orphaned work than a copyright infringement. I've done an extensive search for P.R. Nolen on the Internet and have not come up with very much. Given that Math and Measuring is now 30 years old, and the lack of info on P.R. Nolen, I'm posting this pdf in the hopes that this gentleman's book will survive in some form. I assuming that P.R. Nolen is now deceased and it would be a shame if his life work were to disappear completely.
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Titaniumboy
This book is densely packed with a mind boggling array of math formulas of interest to us who are machinists, or even those of us who are only "wanna be" machinists. Math and Measuring would also be useful for those involved in inspecting machined parts.
A couple of pages picked at random:
Page 13 – Distance from Point in Triangle to Vertices
Page 37 – Measuring Tapered Holes
Page 73 – Radius Polygons
Page 104 – Compound Sine Plate – Location of Origin
Page 133 – Circle Tangent to Line Thru a Point
Page 175 – Circle Tangent Line and Circle
Page 198 – Circle Tangent to Two Circles
Page 235 – Sphere Tangent to Three Tangent Spheres
Math and Measuring is completely handwritten, albeit in the neatest penmenship that I have seen in a long time. All formulas shown also include completely worked out examples.
I'm not sure if this was ever a bona-fide book. There is no ISBN number that I can find, and I've only seen Math and Measuring as a loose set of copied pages. This set of loose pages was given to one of the machining instructors at the local community college where I've been taking machining and CNC classes. Last year one of the students was able to scan the loose pages and make the attached pdf.
Normally I don't post copyrighted material, but in this case I'm afraid that Math and Measuring is much more likely to be an orphaned work than a copyright infringement. I've done an extensive search for P.R. Nolen on the Internet and have not come up with very much. Given that Math and Measuring is now 30 years old, and the lack of info on P.R. Nolen, I'm posting this pdf in the hopes that this gentleman's book will survive in some form. I assuming that P.R. Nolen is now deceased and it would be a shame if his life work were to disappear completely.
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