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The Values of Precision examines how exactitude has come to occupy such a prominent place in Western culture. What has been the value of numerical values? Begin

Planning, measuring, and paying attention to details form the basis for all successful engineering operations. Measurements pervade everything we do and must be

Advances in engineering precision have tracked with technological progress for hundreds of years. Over the last few decades, precision engineering has been the

Precision Manufacturing provides an introduction to precision engineering for manufacturing. With an emphasis on design and performance of precision machinery f