Gasket
Subtitle: Design, Selection, and Testing
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional
Published: December 1, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 335
ISBN-13: 9780070151130
Subjects: Mechanical engineering; Testing of materials; Science/Mathematics; Machine Testing; Technology; Technology & Industrial Arts; Engineering - Mechanical; Technology / Engineering / Mechanical; Gaskets; Machinery; Congresses; Handbooks, manuals, etc
First sentence: Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary defines a gasket as plaited hemp or tallowed rope for packing pistons, making pipe joints, etc., hence, packing or any other suitable material.