Alternate View: Preface

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In 1886 a new apprentice in a machine shop had little education, and chances are the only additional education he would receive would be on-the-job training. As a result machinists a hundred years ago, knew little math, physics, strength of materials, machine design, or any theory for that matter. You can imagine their amazement when an educated man like the professor could walk into their shop and explain basic concepts they had wondered about all their lives.