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Title:  Handbook Of Transducers

Author: Harry N. Norton
Edition: NA
ISBN: 0-13-382599-X
Date: 1989
Publisher: Prentice-Hall
Binding: Hard Cover
Size approximately (inches): 6-1/2 x 9-1/4. 
Pages: 554

Book Condition: Very Good. Previously owned.  Appears unread.

Special Notes: NA

About the book*

Handbook of Transducers (1989) by Harry N. Norton:

📘 Overview & Purpose

A comprehensive reference manual for engineers and technicians, this  handbook details a vast range of transducers used in industrial, scientific, and consumer applications. It explains how to select, understand, test, and apply them in fields like automotive systems, appliances, alarm systems, pollution control, telemetry, and more

🔍 Key Features

• Introductory Concepts:
  Covers fundamentals of measurement and instrumentation systems—telemetry, multiplexing, control loops—with refreshers on necessary physics and electronics principles

• Transducer Fundamentals:
  Defines terms, operating principles, performance metrics (linearity, bandwidth, reliability, environmental response), and criteria for choosing appropriate transducers .

• Performance Testing:
  Guides through electrical, dynamic, and environmental testing protocols, such as voltage/current tests, frequency response, shock/vibration, and insulation checks .

🛠️ Transducer Types Covered

Each chapter delves into definition, sensing methods, design details, performance traits, and typical applications, including:

• Displacement & motion sensors (capacitive, inductive, resistive, optical)

• Velocity & tachometers (electromagnetic, optical)

• Accelerometers & gyros (piezoelectric, strain-gage, servo)

• Force transducers/load cells (strain-gage, piezoelectric)

• Torque transducers

• Flow sensors & flowmeters

• Humidity & moisture sensors

• Liquid-level sensors

• Pressure transducers & switches (capacitive, Bourdon tubes, piezoelectric, etc.)

• Sound-measuring microphones & hydrophones

• Vacuum sensors (ionization, thermal-conductivity)

• Viscometers & densitometers

• Thermometers & temperature transducers 

✅ In Summary

Norton’s handbook is a detailed, well-structured resource that:

• Catalogs available transducer types and their operating principles,

• Clarifies selection and performance criteria,

• Provides testing protocols to validate performance under various conditions, and

• Offers practical guidance for real-world instrumentation and control applications.

Ideal for engineers and technicians seeking a single-volume reference for instrumentation and sensor technologies as of the late 1980s.

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