Engineering for Fun

Book excerpt: The author has been a mechanical engineer, amongst other oddities, for over 40 years. This book is a collection of engineering anecdotes, sometimes wry, sometimes serious, possibly libelous and sometimes vaguely technical, from his varied career and from the annuls of other contributors.This book covers a diverse range of engineering - from micro robotics to oil storage tanks, from electronics to container cranes.It many be of interest, to both the grizzled old engineers who have done it all before, and to the younger engineers, enginesses and enginerds who may glean a spot of wisdom from the combined 1200 years of experience touched on in these pages.There may be lessons embedded here, albeit whether the reader is electrical, mechanical, civil or process.Read it and identify!