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Title: 2-1/2 stars for a very average book (at best)
Review: I used this book for my ME courses 20+ years ago (6th edition). It was OK, i.e., very average, period. Several years into my engineering career, I purchased a used copy of Shigley's Mechanical Engineering Design. My copy of Spott's text (the author must be about 118 years old by now) now gathers dust and pigeon excrement. Shigley's text is a much superior reference for machine elements and machine design applications. What saved us in undergrad was the use of the Schaum's outline, Machine Design, which has excellent examples and fills in a lot of gaps. I have also used the Schaum's outline on several projects.
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