I remember browsing through this book once: http://www.amazon.com/Instrument-Engineers-Handbook-Vol-Measurement/dp/0849310830 http://www.amazon.com/Instrument-

I remember browsing through this book once: http://www.amazon.com/Instrument-Engineers-Handbook-Vol-Measurement/dp/0849310830 http://www.amazon.com/Instrument-Engineers-Handbook-Vol-Meas... And I was utterly amazed at the instructions it had for building almost so many different things. I also have an old physics book from the 60s that covers a ton of electrical and mechanical engineering concepts in a pretty basic manner.