507 Mechanical Movements plus more than 100 others

plus more than 100 others

with 53 different design ideas

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507 Mechanical Movements plus more than 100 othersEpicyclic 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 of the mechanisms used in hydraulics, steam engines, pneumatics, presses, horologes, and scores of other machines. The movements of each of the 507 mechanisms are depicted in