ISO: International Organization for
Standardization

ANSI: American National Standards Institute

NHTSA: National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, USA

Marine

Trade Associations

NMMA
National Marine Manufacturers Association.
The US Recreational Boating industry's
largest trade association.

ABYC
American Boat and Yacht Council

Find a Boat Show near you

Buy or sell a boat with free classified ads

Links to useful boating websites

See pictures of much-loved old boats

Science & Engineering

Search the Periodic Table
find out about the chemical elements

Take an amazing look at size,
step by step from outside the galaxy down to quarks; from yottometers to attometers.

Confused by scientific terminology?
Find answers in this high-tech dictionary

Greatest engineering achievements
of the 20th Century. A fascinating look at the
history of the automobile, the internet,
electronics and more. With useful timelines.

General Reference

Find a reference source for almost anything!

US Government
Your first stop for finding
out anything about the government, rules, regulations, publications, and more.

Search for the meaning of an acronym
from 120,000 listings

Confused by internet terms?

Find out the exact time (US Navy atomic clock)

Convert currency values

Track a FedEx package

Track a UPS package

Find US Towns & Cities

US Postal addresses 
Looks up the extended zipcode and prints it out along with the postal barcode

Reverse phone lookup. Start with a phone number…

Find the time at any location in the world

Trade Publications

Boating Industry magazine

Bus Ride magazine

Commercial Carrier Journal magazine
for Fleet Managers

Diesel Progress magazine
Products,technology & industry news for the
engine-powered equipment market.

Do-it-Yourself Boat Owner
Not one of your well-known big circulation magazines,
but it's packed with well-written articles on marine
maintenance. This is a magazine that people retain.

Electrical Engineering Times:

Equipment Today magazine
Construction vehicles & equipment

ECN Electronic Component News magazine

Fleet Owner magazine

Lift Equipment magazine
reporting on lifts and hoists

Light & Medium Truck magazine

OEM Off-Highway magazine
reporting on heavy equipment for use in construction
and mining

Marine Log magazine
reporting on shipping

Marine News magazine
reporting on North American shallow draft shipping

Mass Transit magazine
Info on transit systems

Refrigerated Transporter magazine

RV Trade Digest magazine

Trailer Body Builders magazine

Truck Parts & Service magazine

Transport Topics weekly magazine

Professional Societies

AAIA Automotive Industry Aftermarket
Association. The umbrella organization
for many important car industry associations.
www.aftermarket.org

APRA
Automotive Parts Rebuilders Association
www.apra.org

ATA  
American Trucking Associations:
www.truckline.com

MEMA  
Motor & Equipment Manufacturers
Association
www.mema.org

IEE
Institution of Electrical Engineers, UK www.iee.org.uk

IEEE 
Institute of Electrical and Electronic
Engineers, USA
www.ieee.org

The Royal Society, London 
The granddaddy of them all, founded 1666, with such illustrious presidents as Isaac Newton, Humphry Davy, Ernest Rutherford
www.royalsoc.ac.uk

AIP 
American Institute of Physics: lots
of info, history of Physics, Niels Bohr
Library catalog, etc: 
www.aip.org

APS
American Physical Society:
www.aps.org

How Things work
A good source for basic automotive science.
Here are some interesting topics, arranged alphabetically,
but with switches first, of course!

Switches
Batteries
Carburetor
Cold starting
Electric motors
Electromagnets
Engines (automotive)
Magneto
Oil SAE numbers (10W40 etc.)
Thermostat (automotive)
Traffic lights How do they detect that you're waiting?

Trucking Information

Truck Info
A major source of information and services for truckers and dealers, listed under dozens of convenient headings

American Truck Historical Society
The place for people who love old trucks and the history of trucking. Lots of pictures of old trucks.

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