The McGraw-Hill Series in Control Systems Engineering

Notes: Sometime after the first printing of Laning and Battin, Richard Battin joined the staff of Arthur D. Little. Sometime after the first printing of Goode and Machol, Robert Machol joined the faculty at Purdue.

Series Evolution

John R. Ragazzini and William E. Vannah, Consulting Editors.

Each book in the series contains a list of other books in the series. This list evolved over time, from just a single book in the first edition of Laning and Battin, to an almost complete list in later editions. This table summarizes the series, as listed in each book of the series.

Series List: L&B G&M Cosg G&T R&F Sava Smith Trux Cald Gille D&P S&S Chang L&S
1956 Laning and Battin X
1957 Goode and Machol X X
1958 Smith X X X X X
1958 Cosgriff X X X X X X X
1958 Savant X X X X X X X
1958 Gibson and Tuteur X X X X X X X X
1958 Ragazzini and Franklin X X X X X X X X
1958 Truxal lists McGraw-Hill Handbooks Series, dissimilar binding (green)
1959 Gille et al. X X X X X X X X X X
1959 Caldwell et al. X X X X X X X X X X X
1960 Del Toro and Parker X X X X X X X X X X X X
1960 Seifert and Steeg lists McGraw-Hill E&EE Series,* dissimilar binding (black, red stripe)
1961 Chang X X X X X X X X X X X X X
1962 Lewis and Stern contains no list, dissimilar binding (black)
1963 Gibson contains no list, same binding as series
Later printings ** X X X X X X X X X X X X X

* Frederick E. Terman, Consulting Editor; W. W. Harman and J. G. Truxal, Associate Consulting Editors.

** A complete list, omitting Seifert and Steeg, is included in the later printings of some of the volumes (for example, the seventh printing of Laning and Battin and the third printing of Ragazzini and Franklin). This list includes Lewis and Stern, which did not appear to be in the series when it was finally printed in 1962.


Kent H Lundberg
January 2004.