Mechanics: The Science of Machinery. A. Russell Bond

      Published by Good Press, 2021

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      EAN 4057664620286

Table of Contents

       PREFACE

       CHAPTER I

       WAR AS A STIMULUS OF INVENTION

       THE ART OF BREAKING STONES

       DISCOVERY OF THE LEVER AND THE WEDGE

       INVENTION OF THE WHEEL

       DISPLACING MEN WITH MACHINES

       RAISING WATER

       CHAPTER II

       THE LEVER

       CONTINUOUS REVOLVING LEVERAGE

       TOOTHED GEARS

       THE INCLINED PLANE AND ITS FAMILY

       CHAPTER III

       MAUDSLEY’S “GO-CART”

       THE INTERCHANGEABLE SYSTEM

       THE TURRET LATHE

       CUTTING WITH RED-HOT TOOLS

       CHAPTER IV

       TELLING TIME WITH A LEAKY BUCKET

       THE REMARKABLE WATER CLOCK OF CTESIBIUS

       TIMING ANCIENT ORATORS

       DISCOVERY OF THE PENDULUM

       THE FIRST SHIP’S CHRONOMETER

       MARVELOUS PRECISION OF MODERN WATCHES

       THE PACEMAKER OF A WATCH

       INANIMATE MATTER IN CONTINUAL MOTION

       THE PENDULUM ESCAPEMENT

       CHAPTER V

       WATER WHEELS

       INVENTION OF THE PELTON WHEEL

       A 4,000-FOOT HEAD OF WATER

       HARNESSING THE MISSISSIPPI

       SETTING KITCHEN FAUCETS TO WORK

       DIGGING WITH WATER JETS

       COMPRESSING AIR WITH WATER

       CHAPTER VI

       WHY A SHIP FLOATS

       HYDRAULIC LEVERAGE

       MAUDSLEY’S LEATHER COLLAR

       BLASTING WITH WATER

       RAISING A BRIDGE SPAN WITH WATER

       HYDRAULIC ELEVATORS

       LIFT LOCKS FOR CANALS

       HYDRAULIC VARIABLE SPEED GEAR

       TRANSMITTING POWER WITH SOUND WAVES

       CHAPTER VII

       THE BOY WHO DISCOVERED COMPRESSED AIR

       RAISING WATER WITH ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE

       THE AIR LIFT

       EXCAVATING THROUGH QUICKSAND

       THE AIR LOCK

       THE CAISSON DISEASE