Pocket Ref

This little book is basically everything you need to know to do virtually anything. I imagine this book will be very valuable if the day should ever come where the internet is for some reason totally unavailable. In fact I prefer it over the internet because so often you find a lot of conjecture on the internet. The amount of usable information packed into this book is truly amazing. Anything from what angle to set your lathe bed up at for making your own screws to the necessary formulas to calculate where Jupiter will be in 3 months and how much fuel and time it would take to get there. If you are a person who builds things, modifies things, or are just curious about how things work, you need this book. It's like a physics professor for your pocket!

Containing the answers to the universe and all the other places too

This is a great little book and well worth space in an EDC. It's mostly a novelty but I *have* used it before as intended. Great for a genuine reference or just to read when you're bored. Print is small, recommend a magnifier or readers

Best informational book you will ever read

I bought two of these recently--one for my dad and one for my brother back during the holidays (December). They both seem to really enjoy flipping through the Pocket Ref. Like any big collection of facts, you're bound to find something interesting. For example, there is a section giving the various hardness of different types of wood, along with price per unit information, etc. Pretty cool stuff... why, I don't know, but it's neat to look at a list like that. The reason I'm only giving it four stars is because even though my dad and brother thought it was cool, I really don't know if they will look at it 10 times in the same number of years. The book is a grab bag of info, but it doesn't have anything you can't find by searching the internet (via the phone both my dad and brother carry everywhere they go). Who will get the most use out of this book? A casual carpenter living in the 1980s. It's still relevant today, and the information is cool, and could be really useful if you're a Boy Scout or don't carry a smart phone with you all the time, so overall I give it a high rating. It's cheap enough and small enough to make a good stocking stuffer, and whomever you give it to is sure to enjoy the novelty of it.

What isn't in this book? That might be the shorter review to write. I did find something it is lacking, but I will save that for later. This book has just about everything in it you could ever want to know about construction, design, and engineering. Wanna know about welds? There is a whole section. The speecific gravity and weight per cubic yard of ammonia? That is there. Distribution of blood types? Yep. Area codes? What the first three digits of your SSN reveals (at least through 2011)? Yep. One thing I could not find anything about is IP addressing - specifically IPv4. I did not really expect any IPv6, but IPv4 should be ubiquitous enough by this point that a section under electrical engineering might need to be added to at least list the non-routable IP segments, and quick conversions from binary to decimal. But aside from that, I have yet to find anything lacking in this unique reference book. In fact, it contains some pretty useless information such as the currency conversion rates from May 2024 which are no longer of any value that I can think of. I bought one for home, one for my back pocket, and one to give away. I might just go back and buy a case of them. Yes, the print is small, but not so small that I can't read it. You might need a magnifier, but if you are having problems reading it, it might be best to go see an eye doctor and get your eyeglass prescription renewed.

If you have a question about just about anything this book has a wealth of information.

I love these little books. We hand them out to employees, kids and friends all the time. Such a great little book to have around!

Comme le nom l’indique, c’est une référence. Un condensé d’informations dans un si petit format. Il y a certes certaines informations, tel que des numéros de tél d’urgence qui ne sont pas utile en dehors des USA, mais cela n’enlève en rien à son utilité. Peut faire partie du matériel d’un survival kit par exemple.

Casi mil páginas de tablas, información útil y datos sobre todo de ingeniería y cultura general. Desde tamaños de cable de cobre hasta cómo identificar las nubes de tormenta. Hay un punto a tener en cuenta y es que muchas de las tablas están en medidas imperiales. Otras incluyen los datos en el Sistema Internacional. En todo caso es un libro estadounidense y así es como se ha escrito. Un manual curioso para llevar en la mochila o como guía de referencia si no tienes acceso a internet. **Nota: Esta es mi valoración personal por un producto adquirido con mi dinero. Ante el aluvión de reseñas patrocinadas en Amazon, añadiré esta nota en cada una de las mías, ya que considero que tiene más valor conocer la opinión de un cliente real que un "reviewer profesional". [...] Gracias.**

I bought used and got an original pocket ref that fits in any pocket, not a Xerox copy. Of course, everything is in freedom units. But the content is great. The copy I got is the second edition. It is very reliable. I have heard that newer editions have some errors. But I checked my copy and the errors aren't there.

Volumetto pressoche' inutile, come sapevo gia', ma affascinante nella sua ingenuita' e perfetto esempio di un'impostazione culturale in via di estinzione.

Was binge watching mythbusters where they were talking about this book and i had to get one. This will save your life.