Skip to main content

Recommendation for a good entry level text book

Submitted by Stephen Etheridge on

Hi all

 Many moons ago I studied Engineering at the University of Bath, and
obviously studied mechanics as part of that, though I was never any
good at it - witness the fact that I am a large scale IT systems
architect now!  For various reasons associated with a personal project,
I now need to dust off my less that perfect mechanics abilities to be
able to do some basic calculations.  For instance, the first "system" I
need to calculate around is basically two bell cranks connected by a
long (very long!) rod.  Could anyone point me at a good entry level
text that would let me get back up to speed with basic mechanics? 
Prefereably one I can buy second hand from eBay or the like.

Thanks in advance

Stephen