It contains all of the essential underpinning knowledge required of a student who has never studied engineering before and who wishes to explore the subject for the first time.
Preface Welcome to the challenging and exciting world of engineering! This book is designed to help you succeed on a course leading to the vocational GCSE qualification in Engineering.
Ltd, Chennai, India Printed and bound in Great BritainĬontents Preface Chapter 1 Design and graphical communication Unit 1 of the GCSE syllabus Chapter 2 Engineered products Unit 2 of the GCSE syllabusĬhapter 3 Application of technology Unit 3 of the GCSE syllabusĬhapter 4 Maths and science for engineering Additional chapter for all students requiring further science and math’s underpinning knowledgeĪnswers to numerical Test your Knowledge questions Applications for the copyright holder’s written permission to reproduce any part of this publication should be addressed to the publisher British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress I6576 9 For information on all Newnes publications visit our website at www/newnespress/com All rights reserved The right of Mike Tooley to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Design and Patents Act 1988 No part of this publication may be reproduced in any material form (including photocopying or storing in any medium by electronic means and whether or not transiently or incidentally to some other use of this publication) without the written permission of the copyright holder except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 or under the terms of a licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London, England W1T 4LP. Newnes An imprint of Elsevier Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP 30 Corporate Drive, Burlington, MA 01803 First published 2002 Reprinted 2003, 2004 Second edition 2005 Copyright © 2005, Mike Tooley.
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