Jeffersons Welding

Encyclopedia
on CD-ROM
Eighteenth Edition

Edited by Robert L. OBrien

User Guide

1997 by the American Welding Society. All rights reserved. 2002 by Global Engineering Documents. All rights reserved.
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Interfaces, structure, sequence, software and organization are 2002 by Global Engineering Documents, an IHS Group Company. All rights
reserved. All data and information are 1997 by the American Welding Society. All rights reserved.

Decompilation, reverse engineering, or any other unauthorized use of the software program or data contained herein is strictly prohibited
without prior written consent of Information Handling Services.

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