Books : Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements: Embracing All Those Which Are Most Important in Dynamics, Hydraulics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, Steam Engines...
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 621.8
EAN: 9781879335639
ISBN: 1879335638
Label: Astragal Press
Manufacturer: Astragal Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 122
Publication Date: April 01, 1995
Publisher: Astragal Press
Sales Rank: 150659
Studio: Astragal Press
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Over five hundred simple mechanical movements from America's first one hundred years of the Industrial Revolution. For those who share an interest in mechanical things, this book is addictive. Through the use of simplified, concise drawings, here are 507 of the small components which make up complex machinery in areas as diverse as C.R. Otis's safety stop for the elevator, Pickering's governor for a steam engine, Arnold's escapement for watches, compound parallel rules, piston rod guides, the grasshopper beam engine and a self recording level for surveyors. The list goes on and on in fascinating variety, with each movement explained and illustrated.
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There is no wasted space in this book.
Very short descriptions of each device.
This book will not teach you anything about mechanics.
For the most part you will have to determine how the mechanical movements work on your own by looking at the pictures, as the extremely short descriptions fail on some accounts...
Very interesting devices that don't have much practical use today.
This book does illustrate (pun intended) the ingenuity of early inventors, and the great lengths they would go to to solve a problem...
MJL
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507 Mechanical Movements: Mechanisms and Devices
I bought this book to find ideas to make toys. I'm not an engineer but the book is a very complete list with simple diagrams of mechanical movements. If you are not an engineer you may not understand many of the movements, but it is still very enlightening to the untrained. It is a reprint from the original of 1893.
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Keep in mind that this book 1) is paperback, 2) measures 6 1/4 inches wide by 7 1/8 inches tall, and 3) most every illustration is less than 2" square. All the illustrations are clear - printed in a grid on the left handside with a SHORT explanation of what it does on the right. The movements are described, but a lot of them leave me wondering what the heck you'd use them for in the real world. Certainly not as detailed of a book as I was expecting, but a nice LITTLE reference. On with a search for something more detailed!
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The illustrations are well done, many of the mechanisms are repeated. The descriptions are dated. All in all, I would not buy this book again.
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What more can be said about this essential book for all gizmologists? This is a great book just to get the brain working.
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