An Introduction to Mechanical Engineering

Jonathan Wickert and Kemper Lewis

9781305635135
Fourth Edition
Errata for First Printing
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Correction Description
In the third paragraph, Chapter 6 should be Chapter 7
Change the table head Percentage Increase from 1999 to Percentage Increase from 2000
In Table 3.1, Cd should be cd
In Problem 3.25, remove all of the delta symbols
In Problem 3.28 part (b), change the second to last sentence to be Coins can be used as weights;
one U.S. penny weighs approximately 30 mN. Check the weights of your local currency coins.
In Section 4.4, in the last sentence of the second to last paragraph change the dimension Nm to
the unit Nm
In Example 4.3, the dimensions of ftlb. (See Figure 4.12.) should be the units of ftlb. (See Figure
4.12.)
In the fourth sentence change dimensions to units
In the sentence beneath Equation (5.3), insert it between denominator, and is
Example 5.1, in the last sentence of the problem statement change dimensions of ksi to units of
ksi
In the last paragraph, change Table 2.5 to Table 3.5
In the sentence above part (e), change canceling to reconciling
In part (e), remove the word only
In the first line of Example 6.5, change boats to submarines
In Problem 6.18, insert / between kg and (ms)
Under Equation 7.3, delete the dimensions from You can verify that the dimensions J and
In Example 7.8, the rightmost equation under the line The heat loss in 1 h becomes should have
the subscripts h and l (the lower case letter el)
In Problem 7.23, insert in between working and collapsed