Editing Machinery's Handbook

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[[Image:Machinery's Handbook 31st Edition Cover and Spine.jpg|thumb|''Machinery's Handbook 31st Edition'', 2020]]
[[Image:Machinery's Handbook 31st Edition Example Page 1530-1531.jpg|thumb|"Production of Metallic Powder", ''Machinery's Handbook 31st Edition'', 2020]]

'''''Machinery's Handbook''''' ''for machine shop and drafting-room; a [[Reference work|reference book]] on machine design and shop practice for the mechanical engineer, draftsman, toolmaker, and machinist'' (the full title of the 1st edition) is a classic reference work in [[mechanical engineering]] and practical [[workshop]] [[mechanic]]s in one volume published by [[Industrial Press]], New York, since 1914. The first edition was created by Erik Oberg (1881–1951) and [[Franklin D. Jones]] (1879–1967), who are still mentioned on the title page of the 29th edition (2012). Recent editions of the handbook contain chapters on mathematics, [[mechanics]], [[Materials science|materials]], [[measuring]], toolmaking, [[manufacturing]], [[Threading (manufacturing)|threading]], [[gear]]s, and [[machine element]]s, combined with excerpts from [[ANSI]] standards. ''Machinery's Handbook'' is still regularly revised and updated; the most current revision is Edition 32 (2024). It continues to be the "bible of the metalworking industries" today. The work is available in [[online]] and [[ebook]] form as well as print.  

During the decades from [[World War I]] to [[World War II]], [[McGraw-Hill]] published a similar handbook, ''[[American Machinists' Handbook]]'',  which competed directly with Industrial Press's ''Machinery's Handbook''. McGraw-Hill ceased publication of their guide after the 8th edition (1945). Another short-lived spin-off appeared in 1955. 

''Machinery's Handbook'' is the inspiration for similar works in other countries, such as Sweden's ''Karlebo handbok'' (1st ed. 1936).

== Machinery's Encyclopedia ==
In 1917, Oberg and Jones also published ''Machinery's Encyclopedia'' in 7 volumes. The handbook and encyclopedia are named after the monthly magazine ''Machinery'' (Industrial Press, 1894–1973), where the two were consulting editors.
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==See also==
* [[Machinist Calculator]]
* [[Kempe's Engineers Year-Book]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://books.industrialpress.com/machinery-handbook/ ''Machinery's Handbook''] on the Industrial Press website

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[[Category:Metallurgical industry of the United States]]