this book was ok. I would probably recomend it.

This massive two volume set is my master reference to the engineering sciences. You know that nothing has been watered down when the very first chapter is a review of the fundamentals of calculus. The editor states outright that this work was written at the level of a first year GRADUATE student in engineering. Even though this classic set was published in 1967, it is still a staple in many engineering offices across the country. In my opinion it represents the high water mark of all that was best in the engineering profession.

Volume one deals with the basic sciences (mathematics, physics, chemistry, graphics, statistics, theory of experiments, and mechanics.)

Volume two deals with the applied sciences (thermal phenomena, heat and mass transfer, chemical energy conversion, turbomachinery, nuclear reactor engineering, aeronautics and astronautics, field theory, electromechanical energy conversion, physical electronics, electronic circuits, system dynamics, material science, machine elements, control systems, operations research, information retrieval, preparation of reports, and computers.)

I wouldn't be too worried about the material presented here being obsolete. Potter carefully chose the from the enduring fundamentals in each area. In fact, it is informative to compare this set with modern references to determine where "dumbing down" may have occured in the modern engineering curriculum.