The Engineer's Sketch-Book

About this eBook

Author

Barber, Thomas Walter, 1846-1917

Title

The engineer's sketch-book of mechanical movements, devices, appliances, contrivances and details employed in the design and construction of machinery for every purpose : classified & arranged for reference for the use of engineers, mechanical draughtsmen, managers, mechanics, inventors, patent agents, and all engaged in the mechanical arts

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Produced by Chris Curnow, Harry Lamé and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

TJ: Technology: Mechanical engineering and machinery

Subject

Mechanical movements

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 58391

Release Date

December 1, 2018

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE ENGINEER’S SKETCH-BOOK.
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.PART I. SECTIONS 1-106. — Section 1.—ANCHORING. — Section 2.—ADJUSTING DEVICES. — Section 3.—BELT GEARING. — Section 4.—BALL-AND-SOCKET JOINTS. — Section 5.—BRAKES AND RETARDING APPLIANCES. — Section 6.—TYPES OF BOILERS. — VERTICAL BOILERS. — HORIZONTAL BOILERS. — MARINE BOILERS. — HOUSEHOLD BOILERS. — Section 7.—BLOWING AND EXHAUSTING. — Section 8.—BEDPLATES, FOUNDATIONS, AND FRAMING OF MACHINES. — Section 9.—CAM, TAPPET, AND WIPER GEAR. — Section 10.—CRANK AND ECCENTRIC GEAR. — Section 11.—CHAINS AND LINKS. — Section 12.—CARRIAGES AND CARS. — UNDER-FRAMES. — Section 13.—CRUSHING, GRINDING, AND DISINTEGRATING. — Section 14.—CENTRIFUGAL FORCE, APPLICATIONS OF. — Section 15.—CLUTCHES. — Section 16.—COUPLINGS FOR SHAFTING. — Section 17.—CONNECTING RODS AND LINKS. — Section 18.—CRANES, TYPES OF. — Section 19.—CONVEYING MESSAGES. — Section 20.—COMPENSATING AND BALANCE WEIGHTS. — Section 21.—CIRCULAR AND RECIPROCATING MOTION. — Section 22.—CONCENTRATED POWER. — Section 23.—CONVEYING MOTION TO MOVABLE PARTS OF MACHINERY. — Section 24.—CUTTING TOOLS. — Section 25.—CONDENSING AND COOLING APPLIANCES. — Section 26.—CONCENTRATING AND SEPARATING. — Section 27.—CHOPPING, SLICING, AND MINCING. — Section 28.—CHUCKS, GRIPS, AND HOLDERS. — Section 29.—CUSHIONING. — Section 30.—DRILLING, BORING, &c. — Section 31.—DIFFERENTIAL GEAR. — Section 32.—ENGINES (TYPES OF). — VERTICAL ENGINES. — HORIZONTAL ENGINES. — BEAM ENGINES, &c. — Section 33.—ENGINES AND BOILERS COMBINED (see also Boilers, Sec. 6 ). — VERTICAL ARRANGEMENTS. — HORIZONTAL ENGINES. — Section 34.—ELLIPTICAL MOTION. — Section 35.—ELASTIC WHEELS. — Section 36.—EXPANDING AND CONTRACTING DEVICES. — Section 37.—FASTENING WHEELS TO SHAFTS. — Section 38.—FRICTION GEAR. — Section 39.—GUIDES, SLIDES, &c. — PISTON-ROD GUIDES. — VALVE ROD GUIDES. — GUIDE ROLLERS. — LIFT AND HOIST GUIDES. — MACHINE GUIDE BEDS. — ROPE GUIDES. — Section 40.—GEARING, VARIOUS DEVICES IN (not otherwise classed). — Section 41.—GOVERNING AND REGULATING SPEED, POWER, &c. — Section 42.—HYDRAULIC MULTIPLYING GEAR. — Section 43.—HOOKS, SWIVELS, &c. — Section 44.—INDICATING SPEEDS, &c. — Section 45.—JETS, NOZZLES, AND INJECTORS. — Section 46.—JOURNALS, BEARINGS, PIVOTS, &c. — Section 47.—PLATE WORK. — Section 48.—LEVERS. — Section 49.—LOCKING DEVICES. — Section 50.—HINGES AND JOINTS. — Section 51.—LUBRICATORS. — Section 52.—LEVELLING AND PLUMBING. — Section 53.—MECHANICAL POWERS. APPLIANCES TO VARY POWER AND SPEED. — Section 54.—MIXING AND INCORPORATING. — Section 55.—PARALLEL MOTIONS. — Section 56.—PUMPING AND RAISING WATER. — Section 57.—PIPES AND CONVEYORS. — CAST IRON PIPES. — WROUGHT IRON PIPES. — CONVEYORS. — Section 58.—PACKINGS, JOINTS, STUFFING BOXES, &c. — PISTONS. — STUFFING BOXES, &c. — Section 59.—PROPULSION. — MEANS EMPLOYED FOR PROPULSION. — Section 60.—MOTIVE POWER. — Section 61.—PUMPING ENGINES, TYPES OF. — VERTICAL ENGINES. — HORIZONTAL ENGINES. — Section 62.—PAWL AND RATCHET MOTIONS. — INTERMITTENT MOTION. — Section 63.—PRESSING. — Section 64.—POWER AND SPEED, CONTRIVANCES TO VARY. — Section 65.—QUICK RETURN MOTIONS. — Section 66.—ROPE GEARING. — Section 67.—RESERVOIRS OF POWER. ACCUMULATORS. — Section 68.—RECIPROCATING AND CIRCULAR MOTION, CONVERTING ONE INTO THE OTHER. — Section 69.—RAISING AND LOWERING. — (1.) BY HAND POWER. — (2.) BY POWER. — (3.) HYDRAULIC GEAR. See Section 42 . — (4.) FOR LOWERING WEIGHTS ONLY. — Section 70.—RELIEVING PRESSURE ON BEARINGS. ANTI-FRICTION BEARINGS. — Section 71.—ROPE, BELT, AND CHAIN PULLEYS. — Section 72.—RIDDLING AND SCREENING. — Section 73.—RAIL AND TRAM ROADS. — Section 74.—REVERSING GEAR. — Section 75.—ROTARY ENGINES, PUMPS, &c. — Section 76.—SHAFTING. — Section 77.—SPINDLES AND CENTRES. — Section 78.—SCREW GEAR, BOLTS, &c. — Section 79.—SLIDE AND OTHER VALVE GEAR. — Section 80.—SPRINGS. — Section 81.—SAFETY APPLIANCES FOR VARIOUS USES. — FOR HOIST CAGES, &c. — Section 82.—STEAM TRAPS. — Section 83.—STARTING VALVES. — Section 84.—TOOTHED GEARING. — Section 85.—TRANSMISSION OF POWER. — Section 86.—TANKS AND CISTERNS. — Section 87.—THROWING IN AND OUT OF GEAR. — Section 88.—VARIABLE MOTION AND VARIABLE POWER. — Section 89.—VALVES AND COCKS. — Section 90.—WATER WHEELS AND TURBINES. — Section 91.—WHEELS IN SEGMENTS. — Section 92.—WEIGHING, MEASURING, INDICATING PRESSURES, etc. — Section 93.—WATER-PRESSURE ENGINES. — Section 94.—WASHING. — Section 95.—WINDMILLS AND FEATHERING WHEELS. — Section 96.—WINDING APPARATUS. — Section 97.—HANDLES, &c., FOR VARIOUS PURPOSES. — Section 98.—APPARATUS FOR DRAWING CURVES. — Section 99.—MATERIALS EMPLOYED IN CONSTRUCTION — TABULAR STATEMENT OF THE WOODS COMMONLY IN USE IN GREAT BRITAIN. — Section 100.—HEATING APPARATUS. — Section 101.—DRAWING AND ROLLING METALS, &c. — Section 102.—STRUTS AND TIES. — Section 103.—MARINE ENGINES (TYPES OF). — Section 104.—STRIKING AND HAMMERING: IMPACT. — Section 105.—SOUND. — Section 106.—DOORS, MANHOLES AND COVERS.
5. 5.PART II. ADDITIONS TO SECTIONS 1-106. — Section 1.—ANCHORING. — Section 2.—ADJUSTING DEVICES. — Section 3.—BELT GEARING. — Section 4.—BALL AND SOCKET JOINTS. — Section 5.—BRAKES AND RETARDING APPLIANCES. — Section 6.—BOILERS, TYPES OF. — Section 7.—BLOWING AND EXHAUSTING. — Section 8.—BED-PLATES, FOUNDATIONS AND FRAMING OF MACHINES. — Section 9.—CAM, TAPPET AND WIPER GEAR. — Section 10.—CRANK AND ECCENTRIC GEAR. — Section 11.—CHAIN GEAR. — Section 12.—CARRIAGES AND CARS. — Section 13.—CRUSHING, GRINDING & DISINTEGRATING. — Section 15.—CLUTCHES. — Section 16.—COUPLINGS FOR SHAFTING. — Section 17.—CONNECTING RODS AND LINKS. — Section 18.—CRANES, TYPES OF. — Section 20.—COMPENSATING AND BALANCE WEIGHTS. — Section 21.—CIRCULAR AND RECIPROCATING MOTION. — Section 22.—CONCENTRATED POWER. — Section 23.—CONVEYING MOTION TO MOVABLE PARTS OF MACHINERY. — Section 24.—CUTTING TOOLS. — Section 25.—CONDENSING AND COOLING. — Section 26.—CONCENTRATING AND SEPARATING. — Section 27.—CHOPPING, SLICING AND MINCING. — Section 28.—CHUCKS, GRIPS AND HOLDERS. — Section 29.—CUSHIONING. — Section 30.—DRILLING, BORING, &c. — Section 31.—DIFFERENTIAL GEAR. — Section 32.—ENGINES, TYPES OF. — Section 34.—ELLIPTICAL MOTION. — Section 36.—EXPANDING AND CONTRACTING DEVICES. — Section 37.—FASTENING WHEELS, &c., TO SHAFTS. — Section 38.—FRICTION GEAR. — Section 39.—GUIDES, SLIDES, &c. — Section 40.—GEARING, VARIOUS DEVICES IN. — Section 41.—GOVERNING AND REGULATING SPEED, &c. — Section 43.—HOOKS, SWIVELS, &c. — Section 44.—INDICATING SPEEDS, &c. — Section 45.—JETS, NOZZLES AND INJECTORS. — Section 46.—JOURNALS, BEARINGS, PIVOTS, &c. — Section 47.—PLATE WORK. — SHEET METAL JOINTS. — PLATE AND BAR JOINTS. — Section 48.—LEVERS. — Section 49.—LOCKING DEVICES. — Section 50.—HINGES AND JOINTS. — Section 51.—LUBRICATORS. — Section 54.—MIXING AND INCORPORATING. — Section 55.—PARALLEL MOTIONS. — Section 56.—PUMPING AND RAISING WATER. — Section 57.—PIPES AND CONVEYORS. — Section 58.—PACKINGS, JOINTS, STUFFING-BOXES AND PISTONS. — Section 59.—PROPULSION. — Section 60.—MOTIVE POWER. MOTORS. — Section 62.—PAWL AND RATCHET MOTIONS. — Section 63.—PRESSING. — Section 66.—ROPE GEAR. — Section 69.—RAISING AND LOWERING. — Section 70.—ANTI-FRICTION BEARINGS. — Section 71.—ROPE, BELT AND CHAIN PULLEYS. — Section 73.—RAIL AND TRAM ROADS. — Section 74.—REVERSING GEAR. — Section 75.—ROTARY MOTORS. — Section 76.—SHAFTING. — Section 77.—SPINDLES AND CENTRES. — Section 78.—SCREW GEAR, BOLTS, &c. — Section 79.—SLIDE AND OTHER VALVE GEAR. — Section 80.—SPRINGS. — Section 81.—SAFETY APPLIANCES. — Section 82.—STEAM TRAPS. — Section 84.—TOOTHED GEARING. — Section 85.—TRANSMISSION OF POWER. — Section 86.—TANKS, CISTERNS AND RESERVOIRS. — Section 87.—THROWING IN AND OUT OF GEAR. — Section 88.—VARIABLE MOTION AND POWER. — Section 89.—VALVES AND COCKS. — Section 90.—WATER WHEELS AND TURBINES. — Section 91.—WHEELS IN SEGMENTS. — Section 92.—WEIGHING AND MEASURING. — Section 94.—WASHING. — Section 95.—WINDMILLS AND FEATHERING WHEELS. — Section 96.—WINDING APPARATUS. — Section 97.—HANDLES, HANDWHEELS, KEYS AND SPANNERS. — Section 98.—APPARATUS FOR DRAWING CURVES. — Section 99.—MATERIALS EMPLOYED IN CONSTRUCTION. — Section 101.—DRAWING AND ROLLING METALS, &c. — Section 106.—DOORS, MANHOLES AND COVERS. — Section 107.—FEED GEAR. — Section 108.—FILTERING.
6. 6.Transcriber’s Notes

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