Author : David Allan Low
Publisher : Hesperides Press
ISBN 13 : 1443736007
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis A Manual of Machine Drawing and Design - Mechanical Drawing by : David Allan Low
Download or read book A Manual of Machine Drawing and Design - Mechanical Drawing written by David Allan Low and published by Hesperides Press. This book was released on 2008-11 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1903, this book is a comprehensively detailed guide to technical drawing and machine design. The authors have provided a large number of dimensioned illustrations as examples, illustrations of a great variety of machine details, many rules and tables of proportion and numerous examples showing the application of the principles of mechanics to the calculation of the proportions of parts of machines. The book is packed with illustrations and diagrams and is still of much practical use to today's draughtsman and designer. Contents: Various Principles of Mechanics; Strength and Nature of Materials Used in Machine Construction; Screws, Bolts and Nuts; Keys; Cotters; Pipes and Pipe Joints; Shafting and Shaft Couplings; Supports for Shafts; Belt Gearing; Rope Gearing; Wire-Rope Gearing; Friction Gearing; Toothed Gearing; Cranks, Cranked Shafts, and Eccentrics; Connecting-Rods; Cross-Heads and Guides; Pistons and Piston-Rods; Stuffing-Boxes; Valves; Riveted Joints; Steam Boilers; Steam Engines General Dimensions; Examples of Triple-Expansion Marine Engines; Example of Locomotive Engine.