Publisher's Synopsis
This work documents the enormous amount of research material published and available world-wide in the elevator/lift, engineering and escalator technology. This assembly of data and material brings together and documents over 1000 entries of published literature from nearly 900 authors, covering a wide range of aspects of elevator technology.;The source of the original material is given in all the entries which have been categorized against some 80 key words, which represent the breakdown of subject areas under which the abstracts have been classified. Any worker in the field can instantly refer to his/her specialized activity in order to learn what work is being carried out by competitors or colleagues.