On 10/12/2018 5:28 PM, Emanuel Berg wrote:
Frank Krygowski wrote:

I also think you could learn by reading
something more general, like this:
https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/Boo...-srp1-_-title3

... what is the title and author of this book?

_The Way Things Work: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Technology_

It's a very general book, just showing the details of lots of devices,
many of them mechanical. In a way, it's a popular primer on engineering.

When I was a young teenager, I learned a lot from books like that. I
remember getting razzed for reading a book titled _Automotive
Essentials_. It explained every aspect of a car's mechanics. Other guys
thought it was weird for me to be trying to learn that stuff.

I suspect most of those guys are still working as cashiers, or maybe
politicians.


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- Frank Krygowski