UID:
almahu_9948234225302882
Format:
1 online resource (1 volume (various pagings)) :
,
digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
9781107256682 (ebook)
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Technology
Content:
One of the great Victorian engineers, Sir William Fairbairn (1789-1874) had started his career as a millwright's apprentice, going on to become a civil engineer, a designer of industrial machinery and an expert on the failure of materials and structures. The present work distils a lifetime's experience of mechanical design into two highly illustrated parts. First published in 1861 and 1863, they are here reissued in a single volume. Part 1 gives a general overview of mechanisms such as gears, cranks and cams, and then moves on to the design of prime movers: waterwheels and turbines, steam engines and boilers, and windmills. Part 2 covers the design of mechanisms in more detail, and discusses power transmissions and their components: shafts, gears, bearings, couplings and so on. Lastly, Fairbairn gives overviews of the most important types of industrial mill - including cotton, wool, paper, iron and gunpowder - and their machinery.
Note:
Originally published: London : Longman, Green, Longman, and Roberts, 1861-1863.
Additional Edition:
Print version: ISBN 9781108070010
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107256682
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107256682
