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Books : Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements: Embracing All Those Which Are Most Important in Dynamics, Hydraulics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, Steam Engines...In association with Amazon.comby: Henry T. Brown  List Price: $14.95 Amazon.com's Price: $14.65 You Save: $0.30 ( 2%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 621.8 EAN: 9781879335639 ISBN: 1879335638 Label: Astragal Press Manufacturer: Astragal Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 122 Publication Date: April 01, 1995 Publisher: Astragal Press Studio: Astragal Press Sales Rank: 46473 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: Over five hundred simple mechanical movements from America's first one hundred years of the Industrial Revolution. For those who share an interest in mechanical things, this book is addictive. Through the use of simplified, concise drawings, here are 507 of the small components which make up complex machinery in areas as diverse as C.R. Otis's safety stop for the elevator, Pickering's governor for a steam engine, Arnold's escapement for watches, compound parallel rules, piston rod guides, the grasshopper beam engine and a self recording level for surveyors. The list goes on and on in fascinating variety, with each movement explained and illustrated. Average Rating:
 Rating: - Good, but could be better. Keep in mind that this book 1) is paperback, 2) measures 6 1/4 inches wide by 7 1/8 inches tall, and 3) most every illustration is less than 2" square. All the illustrations are clear - printed in a grid on the left handside with a SHORT explanation of what it does on the right. The movements are described, but a lot of them leave me wondering what the heck you'd use them for in the real world. Certainly not as detailed of a book as I was expecting, but a nice LITTLE reference. On with a search for ... Read More Rating:  - just o.k.The illustrations are well done, many of the mechanisms are repeated. The descriptions are dated. All in all, I would not buy this book again. Rating:  - It is just important.What more can be said about this essential book for all gizmologists? This is a great book just to get the brain working. Rating: - A great little collection for the curiousThis is a great collection of mechanisms for the curious. There is no kinematic, static or dynamic analysis; nor is it a source book for contemporary mechanism design. Instead there is an inspiring collection of mechanical innovation from the boom era of mechanical design. I have seen far, far, larger collections (well over 5,000 items) in academic treatises and a modern mechanism sourcebook may be more useful to the busy mechanical inventor - but there is still a lot of value in having ... Read More Rating: - Sadwell... it is what it says it is. I was under-whelmed. This is just a reprinting of old old patent drawings with very incomplete descriptions of the mechanisms described. In fact all of this is duplicated in "1800 Mechanical Movements Devices and Appliances" down to the word for word copy of the descriptions. Most of the diagrams are self explanatory; of those that aren't, very brief 1902 style descriptions which are probably abridged versions of the original patent application are only a ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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