Excerpt from Handy Mechanical Pocket Companion for the Engineer, Business Man and Mechanic: Containing Table of Metals, Strength of Materials, Wages, Board Measure, Scantling Measure, Cutting Screws by Lathe, Horse-Power of Shafting, Belting, Circumferences, Areas, Squares, Cubes, Square Root, Cube Root, Etc;, EtcIt has been arranged with great care, selected from the best authorities, just the right thing and an endeavor made to put them in the right place.This volume gives more practical and less theoretical knowledge than can be found in any other book yet offered to the practical Mechanic, and at a price within the reach of all.The idea has been to have this book published in such a shape that it can be carried in a pocket so that it may be referred to at any time.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.