PRINCIPLES AND CONSTRUCTION OF MACHINERY : A PRACTICAL TREATISE...

PRINCIPLES AND CONSTRUCTION
OF
MACHINERY :
A PRACTICAL TREATISE
ON
THE LAWS OF THE TRANSMISSION OF POWER, AND OF
THE STRENGTH AND PROPORTIONS OF THE VARIOUS
ELEMENTS OF PRIME MOVERS, MILL-WORK,
AND MACHINERY GENERALLY;
ARRANGED FOR THE USE OF
STUDENTS, ENGINEERS AND PRACTICAL MECHANICS
BY FRANCIS CAMPIN, C.E.,
PAST PRESIDENT CIVIL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERS SOCIETY
LONDON:
ATCHLEY & CO., 106, GREAT RUSSELL STREET,
publishers of Engineering and Architectural Works
[The right of Translation is Reserved.]
CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION 1
CHAPTER 1. FORCE OR PRESSURE 5
2. WORK, POWER, AND MOTION 11
3. GENERAL LAW FOR ALL MACHINES MODIFYING
FORCE 17
4. CENTRE OF GRAVITY. MECHANICAL POWERS . . 22
o. ELEMENTS FOR CHANGING THE NATURE OF MOVEMENTS 31
6. FRICTION 34
7. ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF MACHINERY AND
MILL-WORK 36
8. STEAM AND HOT-AIR ENGINES 56
9. BOILERS AND FURNACES 81
10. WATER-WHEELS AND TURBINES 112
11. PUMPS AND HYDRAULIC MACHINES 128
12. MARINE ENGINEERING 141
13. MATERIALS USED IN CONSTRUCTION 143
14. MANIPULATION OF TIMBER AND THE METALS . . 174
15. ON THE WORKING OF METALS COLD 187
16. JOINTS, BEARINGS, AND PACKINGS. 197
17. FOUNDATIONS AND FRAMING 210
18. ADAPTATION OF MACHINERY TO SPECIAL PURPOSES 220
19. PHYSICAL SCIENCE CONSIDERED IN RELATION TO
MECHANICS 232
20. ELECTRICAL AND CHEMICAL MACHINERY . . . 261
21. MISCELLANEOUS 271
22. ESTIMATION OF QUANTITIES 277
CONCLUSION 280