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Information for do-it-yourselfers, engineers, craftsmen, students, teachers, managers, maintenance and industrial personnel, and travelers. The ultimate problem solver, and the perfect gift for the person who has everything, and it fits in your shirt pocket!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Recommended, April 12 2012

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This review is from: Pocket Reference: Everything You Need, Right in Your Pocket! (Paperback)

This book has alot of informtion that would be useful to everyone. It contains information needed for alot of trades out there. Highly Recommended.

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5.0 out of 5 stars I have 4 of these little guys!!, Feb 26 2010

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This book is so amazingly useful I have 4! I keep one at work, one in my tool box, one in my desk, and one on my bookshelf.
They are filled with everything you could ever need to know (almost). From math and science equations you thought you would never use after highschool, but were wrong. To long distance calling info such as all the country codes.
It's not as good as the internet in my opinnion. It's better!

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2.0 out of 5 stars Neat but not actually very useful, Dec 7 2011

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This review is from: Pocket Reference 4th Edition (Paperback)

I bought my copy of the Pocket Ref after flipping through a friend's copy and thinking it seemed really useful. After buying my own copy and spending some time going through it though, I have to say I'm disappointed. It does cover an amazing amount of subjects, however I've found that the information given is often just a brief introduction on the subject and leaves out critical points that are not always obvious to someone not already knowing anything on the topic.

For example, the section on selecting a wire gauge seems straightforward enough, but it is not clear if the gauges listed are for single conductors in free air or if they are for household Romex cable. This makes a huge difference, and also is different depending on local electrical codes, but there is no mention of this in the book that I could find. I fear that someone could mistakenly use these values and build something unsafe and/or cause an accident or fire. This makes me nervous to use this book for any topic that I'm not already knowledgeable about, meaning it's basically useless to me.

The Pocket Ref is unfortunately more of a novelty miniature encyclopedia than anything else. I had bought it hoping I could use it in place of a copy of the Machinery's Handbook Machinery's Handbook 28th Edition Toolbox for basic jobs around the shop, but it honestly ended up being a waste of time and money. I ended up buying the Machinery's Handbook (which I highly recommend) and this little guide sits on the shelf collecting dust.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Pocket Ref by Thomas Glover
Nice little pocket reference book with every conceivable fact you could ever want. This is my third book because friends keep borrowing mine. Every guy should own one.

Published 6 months ago by Knobby

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Little Book
Excellent book! The only problem was that I ordered the 4th edition and when I recieved it, it was the 3rd edition. No biggie though...I still loved it.

Published 17 months ago by Melanie Simpson