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by Gardner D. Hiscox
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ISBN: 0486468860 Dover Publications Price: $16.95 |
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The companion volume to Dover's 1800 Mechanical Movements, Devices and Appliances, this engrossing visual narrative profiles the specific and unique properties of hundreds of devices, many still in use today. Nearly 1,000 detailed illustrations — including steam-powered appliances, spring-powered devices, hydraulic equipment, and other machinery — are accompanied by informative explanations.
Reprint of the Munn & Co., Inc., New York, 1916 edition.
Table of Contents for Mechanical Appliances, Mechanical Movements and Novelties of Construction
| Mechanical Power Lever | |||||||
| Transmission of Power | |||||||
| Measurement of Power, Springs | |||||||
| Generation of Power, Steam | |||||||
| Steam Power Appliances | |||||||
| Explosive Motor Power and Appliances | |||||||
| Hydraulic Power and Appliances | |||||||
| Air-Power Motors and Appliances | |||||||
| Gas and Air-Gas Devices, etc. | |||||||
| Electric Power and Devices | |||||||
| Navigation, Vessels, Marine Appliances, etc. | |||||||
| Road and Vehicle Devices, etc. | |||||||
| Railway Devices and Appliances, etc. | |||||||
| Gearing and Gear Motion, etc. | |||||||
| Motion and Controlling Devices, etc. | |||||||
| Horological Time Devices, etc. | |||||||
| Mining Devices and Appliances | |||||||
| Mill and Factory Appliances and Tools, etc. | |||||||
| Textile and Manufacturing Devices, etc. | |||||||
| Engineering and Construction, etc. | |||||||
| Miscellaneous Devices | |||||||
| Draughting Devices | |||||||
| Perpetual Motion |