The practical handbook has been painstakingly created by a practitioner for practitioners and provides enough knowledge for you to solve approximately 80% of problems cost-effectively in no time - using just a macroscope and microscope, even without expensive high-tech equipment. Chapter 1 contains 2,633 industrial technical terms with references to explanations, while Chapters 2 and 3 cover 1,370 technical texts as well as 588 quality and damage images from 74 specialized fields. As a reference work and an introduction to the subject, it features an extensive topic network with directional arrows. The book is a novelty and a timeless foundational work in both design and content, an alphabetically organized collection of knowledge drawn from 35 years of experience, with consistently valid error and quality descriptions. For experts and professionals, it serves as a technical book with expert texts, while for learners, it acts as a textbook - allowing for quick access.