The Machinery's Handbook, 30th Edition, CD-ROM contains the
complete contents of the print edition, presented in Adobe PDF format.
This popular and well-known format allows viewing and printing of pages
that are identical to those of the printed book, includes the ability to
magnify the view of any page, and permits rapid searching of the entire
Machinery's Handbook. Navigation aids in the form of thousands of
clickable bookmarks, page cross references, and index entries take you
quickly to any page referenced.
In addition to the full print edition, the Machinery's Handbook
CD-ROM also includes almost 1,000 pages of additional data,
mostly material that was published in previous print editions but
subsequently removed due to space restrictions. This includes additional
indexes of the entire content, expanded tables of popular content,
original material on many topics from previous print editions, and the
entire contents of the companion book Machinery's Handbook, 30th
Edition, Guide.
Note: The CD-ROM Upgrade is a complete version of Machinery's
Handbook 30 CD that is offered only to registered owners of a previous
edition Machinery's Handbook CD-ROM. Owners of CD-ROM editions 25, 26,
27, 28, and 29 are eligible to upgrade to the Machinery's Handbook 30
CD-ROM at a substantial discount. Proof of ownership of a previous CD
version requires that a valid previous-edition CD registration number be
entered during program installation of the upgrade product.