On Sunday, June 14, 2020, 04:41:29 PM CDT, Dr. David Kirkby <drkirkby@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk> wrote:  

Fluke put out a book Calibration: Philosophy in Practice oh about 30 years ago. Some of the information in the book regarding equipment may be dated but the basic principles outlined in the book are still valid. You can find copies on Amazon, eBay, and perhaps elsewhere. > On Jun 15, 2020, at 12:00 PM, volt-nuts-request@lists.febo.com wrote: > > Send volt-nuts mailing list submissions to > volt-nuts@lists.febo.com > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts_lists.febo.com > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > volt-nuts-request@lists.febo.com > > You can reach the person managing the list at > volt-nuts-owner@lists.febo.com > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of volt-nuts digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Any suggestions for books on metrology? (Dr. David Kirkby) > 2. Re: Any suggestions for books on metrology? (Reginald Beardsley) > 3. Re: Any suggestions for books on metrology? (Dr. David Kirkby) > 4. Re: Any suggestions for books on metrology? (Neil) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2020 22:40:28 +0100 > From: "Dr. David Kirkby" <drkirkby@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk> > To: "volt-nuts@lists.febo.com" <volt-nuts@lists.febo.com> > Subject: [volt-nuts] Any suggestions for books on metrology? > Message-ID: > <CANX10hADb8Cp-iNUhLWVVMwZ8+adsodSZLyfy2_y61YVtzH_Ng@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > I am currently doing the free courses at NPL. > > I?ve done a couple of the basic metrology courses > > https://training.npl.co.uk/course/introduction-to-metrology/ > > https://training.npl.co.uk/course/introduction-to-measurement-uncertainty/ > > as well as the intermediate level > > https://training.npl.co.uk/course/understanding-uncertainty-budgets/ > > I am just about to start the advanced > > https://training.npl.co.uk/course/understanding-and-evaluating-measurement-uncertainty/ > > but fear I will probably struggle with this, as I don?t work in this area. > I was looking for a book or two that are either a general book on > metrology. > > I am looking more for an understanding of fundamental principles, rather > than a specific area. I can find tons of books on Amazon about laser > metrology, mechanical metrology and other disciplines, but can not seem to > find anything that is general, so can give the mathematics and theory, > without it being too specific to one area. > > The NPL courses have lists of resources, but these all tend to be standards > (GUM, ISO or other resources at NPL. ) I can not see any text books > listed. > > I am particularly interested in electrical measurements (voltage, > frequency, power etc), but I am not at this point interested in buying a > book on a very narrow subject area. > > Any ideas? > > Dave > > > -- > Dr. David Kirkby, > Kirkby Microwave Ltd, > drkirkby@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk > https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ > Telephone 01621-680100./ +44 1621 680100 > > Registered in England & Wales, company number 08914892. > Registered office: > Stokes Hall Lodge, Burnham Rd, Althorne, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 6DT, United > Kingdom > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2020 22:27:44 +0000 (UTC) > From: Reginald Beardsley <pulaskite@yahoo.com> > To: Discussion of precise voltage measurement > <volt-nuts@lists.febo.com> > Subject: Re: [volt-nuts] Any suggestions for books on metrology? > Message-ID: <254401575.742060.1592173664793@mail.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 > > > I think what you want is a book on "error analysis". I'm pretty sure I have one or two monographs on the subject, but my library is in such a state of disarray I'm reluctant to look for one. It's sort on the boundary between experimental physics and mathematics. So I have no idea where I might have it shelved. > > Error analysis is the process of determining the ultimate uncertainty after taking into account all the error terms and properly combining them. > > I decided I'd see if I might get lucky: > > An Introduction to Error Analysis: The Study of Uncertainties in Physical Measurements > John R. Taylor > University Science Books 1982 > ISBN 0-935702-10-5 > > Have Fun! > Reg > > On Sunday, June 14, 2020, 04:41:29 PM CDT, Dr. David Kirkby <drkirkby@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk> wrote: > > I am currently doing the free courses at NPL. > > I?ve done a couple of the basic metrology courses > > https://training.npl.co.uk/course/introduction-to-metrology/ > > https://training.npl.co.uk/course/introduction-to-measurement-uncertainty/ > > as well as the intermediate level > > https://training.npl.co.uk/course/understanding-uncertainty-budgets/ > > I am just about to start the advanced > > https://training.npl.co.uk/course/understanding-and-evaluating-measurement-uncertainty/ > > but fear I will probably struggle with this, as I don?t work in this area. > I was looking for a book or two that are either a general book on > metrology. > > I am looking more for an understanding of fundamental principles, rather > than a specific area. I can find tons of books on Amazon about laser > metrology, mechanical metrology and other disciplines, but can not seem to > find anything that is general, so can give the mathematics and theory, > without it being too specific to one area. > > The NPL courses have lists of resources, but these all tend to be standards > (GUM, ISO or other resources at NPL. ) I can not see any text books > listed. > > I am particularly interested in electrical measurements (voltage, > frequency, power etc), but I am not at this point interested in buying a > book on a very narrow subject area. > > Any ideas? > > Dave > > > -- > Dr. David Kirkby, > Kirkby Microwave Ltd, > drkirkby@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk > https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ > Telephone 01621-680100./ +44 1621 680100 > > Registered in England & Wales, company number 08914892. > Registered office: > Stokes Hall Lodge, Burnham Rd, Althorne, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 6DT, United > Kingdom > _______________________________________________ > volt-nuts mailing list -- volt-nuts@lists.febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2020 03:23:29 +0100 > From: "Dr. David Kirkby" <drkirkby@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk> > To: Discussion of precise voltage measurement > <volt-nuts@lists.febo.com> > Subject: Re: [volt-nuts] Any suggestions for books on metrology? > Message-ID: > <CANX10hB6fnsP-HPwnfBZP4P4_4V6w_KWqESPnNzgFToRZcQ3RA@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > On Sun, 14 Jun 2020 at 23:28, Reginald Beardsley via volt-nuts < > volt-nuts@lists.febo.com> wrote: > >> >> I think what you want is a book on "error analysis". I'm pretty sure I >> have one or two monographs on the subject, but my library is in such a >> state of disarray I'm reluctant to look for one. > > > <snip> > > > > I decided I'd see if I might get lucky: >> >> An Introduction to Error Analysis: The Study of Uncertainties in Physical >> Measurements >> John R. Taylor >> University Science Books 1982 >> ISBN 0-935702-10-5 > > > Thank you for the suggestion. > > What concerns me about that is the age of the book. It predates GUM, so > will not be based around current international practice. GUM was > introduced to bring international consensus to a field which previously > lacked that. > > I found this book on Amazon > > https://www.amazon.co.uk/Introduction-Uncertainty-Measurement-Using-Expression-ebook/dp/B01N6Y8LNQ/ > > which is clearly based around GUM, but I get the feeling it is not going to > be very deep, as it apparently has all the material a 2nd year > undergraduate would need to know. It is only 248 pages in length. I don?t > think it will be much help for the NPL course I am currently trying to do. > > I have forgotten a lot of the mathematics I did at university, so had to > relearn things like covariance for the easier course. I probably do have > the mathematical material in text books I have, but I would like to find > something that is consistent with GUM, so standard practice today. > > Hopefully some of the members of this list will have some suggestions. Many > work in metrology labs. > > Have Fun! >> Reg > > > Dave > -- > Dr. David Kirkby, > Kirkby Microwave Ltd, > drkirkby@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk > https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ > Telephone 01621-680100./ +44 1621 680100 > > Registered in England & Wales, company number 08914892. > Registered office: > Stokes Hall Lodge, Burnham Rd, Althorne, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 6DT, United > Kingdom > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2020 10:31:35 +0100 > From: Neil <neil@g4dbn.uk> > To: volt-nuts@lists.febo.com > Subject: Re: [volt-nuts] Any suggestions for books on metrology? > Message-ID: <b5975503-3efa-30c2-511e-bac14a39b567@g4dbn.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed > > Some of the references in this document I've been reading about gauge > blocks might be worth investigating, if only to find other more general > references. > > https://emtoolbox.nist.gov/Publications/NISTMonograph180.pdf > > This is a typical example of the fine detail of a tiny part of the > subject area, with a mere 145 pages about gauge blocks, wringing films, > the problems with diamond probes being ground spherical but ending up > ellipsoidal owing to isotropy of the crystals, decadal dimensional creep > of steel standards, thermal management, comparator techniques and so on. > While some of the basic methodologies are of use in other fields > (sampling pattern strategies for checking groups of standards in the > presence of drift, for example), the vast majority of the material is > highly specific to this niche sub-discipline. > > I suspect the same applies to all other areas of metrology. Error > control, statistical techniques and the mathematical and philosophical > framework of metrology are common across all areas of the discipline, > but that only represents a tiny proportion of each specialist area. > > Expensive PDF that might be useful if you can find a copy, or perhaps > papers or other works by the authors : > https://www.degruyter.com/view/title/124034?format=KOM > > Neil > > On 14/06/2020 22:40, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: >> I am currently doing the free courses at NPL. >> >> I?ve done a couple of the basic metrology courses >> >> https://training.npl.co.uk/course/introduction-to-metrology/ >> >> https://training.npl.co.uk/course/introduction-to-measurement-uncertainty/ >> >> as well as the intermediate level >> >> https://training.npl.co.uk/course/understanding-uncertainty-budgets/ >> >> I am just about to start the advanced >> >> https://training.npl.co.uk/course/understanding-and-evaluating-measurement-uncertainty/ >> >> but fear I will probably struggle with this, as I don?t work in this area. >> I was looking for a book or two that are either a general book on >> metrology. >> >> I am looking more for an understanding of fundamental principles, rather >> than a specific area. I can find tons of books on Amazon about laser >> metrology, mechanical metrology and other disciplines, but can not seem to >> find anything that is general, so can give the mathematics and theory, >> without it being too specific to one area. >> >> The NPL courses have lists of resources, but these all tend to be standards >> (GUM, ISO or other resources at NPL. ) I can not see any text books >> listed. >> >> I am particularly interested in electrical measurements (voltage, >> frequency, power etc), but I am not at this point interested in buying a >> book on a very narrow subject area. >> >> Any ideas? >> >> Dave >> > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > volt-nuts mailing list > volt-nuts@lists.febo.com > http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts_lists.febo.com > > > ------------------------------ > > End of volt-nuts Digest, Vol 127, Issue 8 > *****************************************

1. Any suggestions for books on metrology? (Dr. David Kirkby)
2. Re: Any suggestions for books on metrology? (Reginald Beardsley)
3. Re: Any suggestions for books on metrology? (Dr. David Kirkby)
4. Re: Any suggestions for books on metrology? (Neil)

  On Sunday, June 14, 2020, 04:41:29 PM CDT, Dr. David Kirkby <drkirkby@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk> wrote:

1978 First edition is on archive.org, free https://archive.org/details/Calibration-PhilosophyInPractice On 6/15/2020 3:30 PM, kramek49@gmail.com wrote: > Fluke put out a book Calibration: Philosophy in Practice oh about 30 years ago. Some of the information in the book regarding equipment may be dated but the basic principles outlined in the book are still valid. You can find copies on Amazon, eBay, and perhaps elsewhere. > > > >> On Jun 15, 2020, at 12:00 PM, volt-nuts-request@lists.febo.com wrote: >> >> Send volt-nuts mailing list submissions to >> volt-nuts@lists.febo.com >> >> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit >> http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts_lists.febo.com >> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to >> volt-nuts-request@lists.febo.com >> >> You can reach the person managing the list at >> volt-nuts-owner@lists.febo.com >> >> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific >> than "Re: Contents of volt-nuts digest..." >> >> >> Today's Topics: >> >> 1. Any suggestions for books on metrology? (Dr. David Kirkby) >> 2. Re: Any suggestions for books on metrology? (Reginald Beardsley) >> 3. Re: Any suggestions for books on metrology? (Dr. David Kirkby) >> 4. Re: Any suggestions for books on metrology? (Neil) >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2020 22:40:28 +0100 >> From: "Dr. David Kirkby" <drkirkby@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk> >> To: "volt-nuts@lists.febo.com" <volt-nuts@lists.febo.com> >> Subject: [volt-nuts] Any suggestions for books on metrology? >> Message-ID: >> <CANX10hADb8Cp-iNUhLWVVMwZ8+adsodSZLyfy2_y61YVtzH_Ng@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" >> >> I am currently doing the free courses at NPL. >> >> I?ve done a couple of the basic metrology courses >> >> https://training.npl.co.uk/course/introduction-to-metrology/ >> >> https://training.npl.co.uk/course/introduction-to-measurement-uncertainty/ >> >> as well as the intermediate level >> >> https://training.npl.co.uk/course/understanding-uncertainty-budgets/ >> >> I am just about to start the advanced >> >> https://training.npl.co.uk/course/understanding-and-evaluating-measurement-uncertainty/ >> >> but fear I will probably struggle with this, as I don?t work in this area. >> I was looking for a book or two that are either a general book on >> metrology. >> >> I am looking more for an understanding of fundamental principles, rather >> than a specific area. I can find tons of books on Amazon about laser >> metrology, mechanical metrology and other disciplines, but can not seem to >> find anything that is general, so can give the mathematics and theory, >> without it being too specific to one area. >> >> The NPL courses have lists of resources, but these all tend to be standards >> (GUM, ISO or other resources at NPL. ) I can not see any text books >> listed. >> >> I am particularly interested in electrical measurements (voltage, >> frequency, power etc), but I am not at this point interested in buying a >> book on a very narrow subject area. >> >> Any ideas? >> >> Dave >> >> >> -- >> Dr. David Kirkby, >> Kirkby Microwave Ltd, >> drkirkby@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk >> https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ >> Telephone 01621-680100./ +44 1621 680100 >> >> Registered in England & Wales, company number 08914892. >> Registered office: >> Stokes Hall Lodge, Burnham Rd, Althorne, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 6DT, United >> Kingdom >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 2 >> Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2020 22:27:44 +0000 (UTC) >> From: Reginald Beardsley <pulaskite@yahoo.com> >> To: Discussion of precise voltage measurement >> <volt-nuts@lists.febo.com> >> Subject: Re: [volt-nuts] Any suggestions for books on metrology? >> Message-ID: <254401575.742060.1592173664793@mail.yahoo.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 >> >> >> I think what you want is a book on "error analysis". I'm pretty sure I have one or two monographs on the subject, but my library is in such a state of disarray I'm reluctant to look for one. It's sort on the boundary between experimental physics and mathematics. So I have no idea where I might have it shelved. >> >> Error analysis is the process of determining the ultimate uncertainty after taking into account all the error terms and properly combining them. >> >> I decided I'd see if I might get lucky: >> >> An Introduction to Error Analysis: The Study of Uncertainties in Physical Measurements >> John R. Taylor >> University Science Books 1982 >> ISBN 0-935702-10-5 >> >> Have Fun! >> Reg >> >> On Sunday, June 14, 2020, 04:41:29 PM CDT, Dr. David Kirkby <drkirkby@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk> wrote: >> >> I am currently doing the free courses at NPL. >> >> I?ve done a couple of the basic metrology courses >> >> https://training.npl.co.uk/course/introduction-to-metrology/ >> >> https://training.npl.co.uk/course/introduction-to-measurement-uncertainty/ >> >> as well as the intermediate level >> >> https://training.npl.co.uk/course/understanding-uncertainty-budgets/ >> >> I am just about to start the advanced >> >> https://training.npl.co.uk/course/understanding-and-evaluating-measurement-uncertainty/ >> >> but fear I will probably struggle with this, as I don?t work in this area. >> I was looking for a book or two that are either a general book on >> metrology. >> >> I am looking more for an understanding of fundamental principles, rather >> than a specific area. I can find tons of books on Amazon about laser >> metrology, mechanical metrology and other disciplines, but can not seem to >> find anything that is general, so can give the mathematics and theory, >> without it being too specific to one area. >> >> The NPL courses have lists of resources, but these all tend to be standards >> (GUM, ISO or other resources at NPL. ) I can not see any text books >> listed. >> >> I am particularly interested in electrical measurements (voltage, >> frequency, power etc), but I am not at this point interested in buying a >> book on a very narrow subject area. >> >> Any ideas? >> >> Dave >> >> >> -- >> Dr. David Kirkby, >> Kirkby Microwave Ltd, >> drkirkby@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk >> https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ >> Telephone 01621-680100./ +44 1621 680100 >> >> Registered in England & Wales, company number 08914892. >> Registered office: >> Stokes Hall Lodge, Burnham Rd, Althorne, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 6DT, United >> Kingdom >> _______________________________________________ >> volt-nuts mailing list -- volt-nuts@lists.febo.com >> To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts_lists.febo.com >> and follow the instructions there. >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 3 >> Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2020 03:23:29 +0100 >> From: "Dr. David Kirkby" <drkirkby@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk> >> To: Discussion of precise voltage measurement >> <volt-nuts@lists.febo.com> >> Subject: Re: [volt-nuts] Any suggestions for books on metrology? >> Message-ID: >> <CANX10hB6fnsP-HPwnfBZP4P4_4V6w_KWqESPnNzgFToRZcQ3RA@mail.gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" >> >> On Sun, 14 Jun 2020 at 23:28, Reginald Beardsley via volt-nuts < >> volt-nuts@lists.febo.com> wrote: >> >>> I think what you want is a book on "error analysis". I'm pretty sure I >>> have one or two monographs on the subject, but my library is in such a >>> state of disarray I'm reluctant to look for one. >> >> <snip> >> >> >> >> I decided I'd see if I might get lucky: >>> An Introduction to Error Analysis: The Study of Uncertainties in Physical >>> Measurements >>> John R. Taylor >>> University Science Books 1982 >>> ISBN 0-935702-10-5 >> >> Thank you for the suggestion. >> >> What concerns me about that is the age of the book. It predates GUM, so >> will not be based around current international practice. GUM was >> introduced to bring international consensus to a field which previously >> lacked that. >> >> I found this book on Amazon >> >> https://www.amazon.co.uk/Introduction-Uncertainty-Measurement-Using-Expression-ebook/dp/B01N6Y8LNQ/ >> >> which is clearly based around GUM, but I get the feeling it is not going to >> be very deep, as it apparently has all the material a 2nd year >> undergraduate would need to know. It is only 248 pages in length. I don?t >> think it will be much help for the NPL course I am currently trying to do. >> >> I have forgotten a lot of the mathematics I did at university, so had to >> relearn things like covariance for the easier course. I probably do have >> the mathematical material in text books I have, but I would like to find >> something that is consistent with GUM, so standard practice today. >> >> Hopefully some of the members of this list will have some suggestions. Many >> work in metrology labs. >> >> Have Fun! >>> Reg >> >> Dave >> -- >> Dr. David Kirkby, >> Kirkby Microwave Ltd, >> drkirkby@kirkbymicrowave.co.uk >> https://www.kirkbymicrowave.co.uk/ >> Telephone 01621-680100./ +44 1621 680100 >> >> Registered in England & Wales, company number 08914892. >> Registered office: >> Stokes Hall Lodge, Burnham Rd, Althorne, Chelmsford, Essex, CM3 6DT, United >> Kingdom >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 4 >> Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2020 10:31:35 +0100 >> From: Neil <neil@g4dbn.uk> >> To: volt-nuts@lists.febo.com >> Subject: Re: [volt-nuts] Any suggestions for books on metrology? >> Message-ID: <b5975503-3efa-30c2-511e-bac14a39b567@g4dbn.uk> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed >> >> Some of the references in this document I've been reading about gauge >> blocks might be worth investigating, if only to find other more general >> references. >> >> https://emtoolbox.nist.gov/Publications/NISTMonograph180.pdf >> >> This is a typical example of the fine detail of a tiny part of the >> subject area, with a mere 145 pages about gauge blocks, wringing films, >> the problems with diamond probes being ground spherical but ending up >> ellipsoidal owing to isotropy of the crystals, decadal dimensional creep >> of steel standards, thermal management, comparator techniques and so on. >> While some of the basic methodologies are of use in other fields >> (sampling pattern strategies for checking groups of standards in the >> presence of drift, for example), the vast majority of the material is >> highly specific to this niche sub-discipline. >> >> I suspect the same applies to all other areas of metrology. Error >> control, statistical techniques and the mathematical and philosophical >> framework of metrology are common across all areas of the discipline, >> but that only represents a tiny proportion of each specialist area. >> >> Expensive PDF that might be useful if you can find a copy, or perhaps >> papers or other works by the authors : >> https://www.degruyter.com/view/title/124034?format=KOM >> >> Neil >> >> On 14/06/2020 22:40, Dr. David Kirkby wrote: >>> I am currently doing the free courses at NPL. >>> >>> I?ve done a couple of the basic metrology courses >>> >>> https://training.npl.co.uk/course/introduction-to-metrology/ >>> >>> https://training.npl.co.uk/course/introduction-to-measurement-uncertainty/ >>> >>> as well as the intermediate level >>> >>> https://training.npl.co.uk/course/understanding-uncertainty-budgets/ >>> >>> I am just about to start the advanced >>> >>> https://training.npl.co.uk/course/understanding-and-evaluating-measurement-uncertainty/ >>> >>> but fear I will probably struggle with this, as I don?t work in this area. >>> I was looking for a book or two that are either a general book on >>> metrology. >>> >>> I am looking more for an understanding of fundamental principles, rather >>> than a specific area. I can find tons of books on Amazon about laser >>> metrology, mechanical metrology and other disciplines, but can not seem to >>> find anything that is general, so can give the mathematics and theory, >>> without it being too specific to one area. >>> >>> The NPL courses have lists of resources, but these all tend to be standards >>> (GUM, ISO or other resources at NPL. ) I can not see any text books >>> listed. >>> >>> I am particularly interested in electrical measurements (voltage, >>> frequency, power etc), but I am not at this point interested in buying a >>> book on a very narrow subject area. >>> >>> Any ideas? >>> >>> Dave >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> Subject: Digest Footer >> >> _______________________________________________ >> volt-nuts mailing list >> volt-nuts@lists.febo.com >> http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts_lists.febo.com >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> End of volt-nuts Digest, Vol 127, Issue 8 >> ***************************************** > > _______________________________________________ > volt-nuts mailing list -- volt-nuts@lists.febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to http://lists.febo.com/mailman/listinfo/volt-nuts_lists.febo.com > and follow the instructions there. -- Best Wishes, Marv

Marv wrote: > 1978 First edition is on archive.org, free From my message of 6/20/18: > One reference you should not be without is Fluke's "Calibration: Philosophy In Practice." It will not tell you everything you need to know, and it is not a step-by-step cookbook. But it will introduce you to the concepts you need to know and give you good ideas for how to think about the subject. > > The first edition is available on the web as a PDF download. However, the Second Edition is much more extensive [400+ pages as opposed to 107] and detailed. You really want that one [if you are serious about learning metrology]. I do not believe it is on the web as a download. It can be purchased from Fluke [or Amazon]. * * * > > Jay Boucher has written a couple of books on the subject that can be useful (these treat most industrial calibrations, not just electrical calibration): > "The Quality Calibration Handbook: Developing and Managing a Calibration Program" > "The Metrology Handbook, Second Edition" As said above, the second edition (1994) is more than 4 times the size of the first, and covers in depth quite a few topics that are not covered, or covered only briefly, in the first edition, as well as covering what is in the first edition in considerably more detail. You can even rent it from Amazon if you want to try before you buy. Best regards, Charles