How mechanical devices work - Donn?, anyone?

[edsr]

I recently heard of a book that has been re-released, it describes how mechanical things work.

The book was published years ago and is touted to be an excellent resource on explaining how things work.

The problem, I have forgotten the title and author.

Do any of you know what it might be?

edsr

[Donn]

edsr...there have been quite a few such books. One of them, re-released last year, is The New How Things Work, John Langone, National Geographic. Probably the most well known was re-released in '98, The New The Way Things Work, David Macaulay, Houghton Mifflin.

edited to add:

507 Mechanical Movements : Mechanisms and Devices (Dover Science Books) (Paperback)
by Henry T. Brown, Dover

[ 12-22-2005, 05:59 PM: Message edited by: Donn ]

[edsr]

Thanks Donn - I'll give them a look.

edsr

[joejapan]

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A friend of mines little boy tore up their smoke detector so he could "see how it works." :D

Been there...done that...so I showed him this web site....How Stuff Works. (http://home.howstuffworks.com/).

It's not the greatest site, but it might save you an appliance or two. ;)