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This compendium of ingenious mechanisms employs simple drawings to explain 507 of the small components that constitute complex machinery.

Epicyclic trains, oblique rollers, trip hammers, and lazy-tongs are among the ingenious mechanisms defined and illustrated in this intriguing collection. Spanning the first century of the Industrial Revolution, this 1868 compilation features simplified, concise illustrations... Read Full Overview

Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements - An unabridged printing of the 18th Edition (1906) to include all illustrations and text -

Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements - An unabridged printing of the 18th Edition (1906) to include all illustrations and text, now in a larger format - Physics of Mechanics - Machinery Engineering - History of Technology.

2021 Hardcover Reprint of 1908 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. This title illustrates the most important mechanical movements in dynamics, hydraulics, hydrostatics, pneumatics, steam engines, mill and other... Read Full Overview

This little gem of a book from the mid-19th Century is a treasury of ingenious mechanisms. With over 507 entries, this mini-encyclopedia explains the inner workings of a variety of machines. Spanning pneumatics, hydraulics, presses, steam engines, horologes, and more, "507 Mechanical... Read Full Overview

From barometers to windmills, friction pulleys to ratchets, throstles to ellipsographs, this book has it all

Originally published in 1868, this compendium of ingenious mechanisms contains 507 entries that illuminate and explain the mechanics at play in hydraulics,... Read Full Overview

This title illustrates the most important mechanical movements in dynamics, hydraulics, hydrostatics, pneumatics, steam engines, mill and other gearing, presses, horology, and miscellaneous machinery; and including many movements never previously published, and several which... Read Full Overview

This title illustrates the most important mechanical movements in dynamics, hydraulics, hydrostatics, pneumatics, steam engines, mill and other gearing, presses, horology, and miscellaneous machinery; and including many movements never previously published, and several which... Read Full Overview