Elements of mechanism: elucidating the scientific principles of the practical construction of machines, for the use of schools, and students in mechanical engineering, with numerous specimens of modern machines, remarkable for their utility and ingenuity

xx, 225, [3] p. 18 cm "London: Bradbury and Evans, printers ..."--Verso of t.p "Illustrated by two hundred and forty-three engravings." Errata on p. xx Publisher's advertisements appear on the final 2 p Pt. 1. ch. 1. Elements of mechanism -- ch. 2. The lever and link-work -- ch. 3. Wheel-work, producing motion by rolling contact -- ch. 4. On pitch. The teeth of wheels. Gudgeons. Couplings of axles. Hooke's joint. Friction wheels. Engagement and disengagement of machinery. Concentric wheels. Pulleys. Producing motion by wrapping contact by means of cords. Chains, straps, etc. -- ch. 5. Variable motion by the rolling contact of wheels -- ch. 6. Intermittent and reciprocating motion by wheels -- ch. 7. The inclined plane, the screw, the wedge, and camb, producing motion by sliding -- ch. 8. Escapements, pendulums, etc. -- Pt. 2. ch. 1. Mechanism, and parts of mechanism, designed to effect proposed objects -- ch. 2. Mechanism for modifying motion -- ch. 3. Machines commonly used in the arts of construction, and for domestic purposes -- ch. 4. Pumps and other hydraulic machines -- ch. 5. Self-acting lathes for sliding, screwing, and surfacing; also self-acting planing, shaping, slotting, punching, and shearing machines -- ch. 6. Machines for carding, spinning, etc. -- ch. 7. The steam engine -- ch. 8. Machinery for the manufacturing and refining [of] sugar -- ch. 9. On the friction of machinery and labouring forces -- ch. 10. On the production of brown salt-glazed stone-ware and Bristol-ware