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Measurement Manual
Richard Trombly's Quality Control Products was published in 2002 by Industrial Distribution magazine in conjection with the Industrial Distributors Association.

Quality Control Products is a training manual for trade school, technical college, and newly hired industrial supply sales staff covering measuring equipment used in precision machining and quality control.

It covers history, market outlook, fundamentals of precision measurement, Vernier tools, Micrometers, gage blocks, dial indicators, optical comparators, and computer-based measuring instruments.

The manual is available in softcover from the Industrial Distribution Store. | Order

Reference Guide to the Geneva Conventions

Richard Trombly was an assistant researcher on this project, which brings together the texts of the four 1948 Geneva conventions and the two 1977 protocols as well as a comprehensive alphabetic guide and index for the benefit of journalists and members of the public.

The 350-page book was published in softcover by the Society of Professional Journalists in October of 2000. | Guide Website | Order

Hidden Tech and the Valley

Richard Trombly was an assistant researcher for this report on local hidden tech companies, Hidden Tech and the Valley: At the Cutting Edge of the Global Internet Economy, which was officially released at Nov. 20, 2003 at the Plan for Progress meeting in West Springfield, Mass.

It was published by the Hidden TEC Affinity Group, which is a subset of the Technology Enterprise Council, with sponsoreship from the Western Massachusetts Electric Company and Northeast Utilities. | E-book in PDF