| Pocket Ref |  | Author: Thomas J. Glover
Publisher: Sequoia Pub
List Price: $12.95
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Rating:  130 reviews
Media: Paperback
Edition: 3rd
Pages: 768
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 5.3 x 3.1 x 1
ISBN: 1885071337
Dewey Decimal Number: 602.12
EAN: 9781885071330
ASIN: 1885071337
Publication Date: May 1, 2002
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Product Description
768 pages, 3.2" x 5.4"
The essential reference book for any contractor, handyman, or even any man around the house. Includes information on rope, chain, wire rope, welding, hardware, tools, electrical, consruction, weights of materials and much more.
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Outstanding Reference June 28, 2010
PcolaMike
This is a small reference manual with tons of charts, formulas and other information. There are several of these little pocket reference books, so be sure to look over the table of contents and get the one that is best for you. I have been using one of Thomas Glover's reference books for over 15 years now. I wouldn't be without it!!! Highly recommend.
 Full of fun reference trivia, but also full of typos June 26, 2010
Jason Kirkfield (Rocky Mountain High)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have the newest edition (3rd Edition, 6th Printing: April 2003).
POCKET REF is a fun little book that could keep a youngster (and plenty of adults!) busy for hours. It offers hundreds of pages on interesting and sometimes obscure topics, from plumbing to weather, and from chemistry to first aid. It might also be handy for on-the-job use (by engineers and others needing access to technical data), although that latter application may be tempered somewhat by the typos. I cannot speak to whether numbers are for the most part correct, but the high incidence of grammatical typos, including missing letters, is not confidence-inspiring. The Knots & Bends section is particularly egregious. There are also many instances of question marks apparently used as placeholders, presumably for information to be inserted prior to publication; these give the book an unfinished feel (see pp.66,290,291).
I live in Colorado and evidently so does the publisher. I will transmit my findings in hopes of cleaning up a possible 4th Edition.
Simply a must have book May 29, 2010
Lance Miller (Seattle USA)
When you do not have access to the World Wide Web for reference data, you are going to wish you had this Swiss Army knife of information. Even if you have access to the web, this book has some advantage over the WWW in the quickness in finding the info, and also completeness of the info.
This is a bizarre little book. The bookstore owner said he would pick it up and end up spending hours looking at content. I've been doing the same. As dry as the content is, it has a strong entertainment value.
I wished I had had this when I was between 10 and 16, I wanted access to this kind of information back then. If you have a kid curious about all kinds of engineering, this is the cheapest way to expose lots of useful knowledge to them.
Love this little book.
Pocket Ref April 29, 2010
Jeffrey E. Wohlrab
Absolutely wonderful. I'm not certain how I've survived so long without it. I'd recommend that everyone have at least one copy. It's small, light, and full of helpful content. It's one of my best purchases ever.
Best pocket reference book March 9, 2010
Peter K. Murricane (New York City)
I don't buy books to read...just for reference. For anyone who works with materiels or in a trade, what is contained in this little book is invaluable. The binding and paper is resilent...small sized...ideal for tool kit and survival.
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