Thorough, clear, and concise, this Navy training manual leaves nothing to be desired. Prepared with ease-of-use and pragmatism in mind, "Basic Machines and How They Work" is a one-stop resource on the function and design of a huge range of mechanical devices from simple levers to combustion engines and powertrains. With the Echo Point Books & Media 1994 Complete Edition you are also privy to valuable practice materials to test your understanding.

Logically organized from simplest to most complicated, "Basic Machines" opens with a discussion of the lever. Moving on to discussions of the...