A Victorian Handbook of Mechanical Movements

A Victorian Handbook of Mechanical Movements

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Publisher's Synopsis

A Victorian-era handbook for civil engineers, this volume presents sketches and brief descriptions of more than 1,900 mechanical devices. Contents include gears of all kinds, chains and links, cranes, cutting tools, pumps, water wheels, turbines, and much more - all the elements of the increasingly sophisticated industrial and mechanical world of the late 19th century. Reprint of The Engineers' Sketch Book of Mechanical Movements, E. & F. N. Spon, London, 1890.

Book information

ISBN: 9780486498126
Publisher: Dover Publications Inc.
Imprint: Dover Publications
Pub date:
DEWEY: 621.811
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: ix, 243
Weight: 268g
Height: 217mm
Width: 136mm
Spine width: 13mm