A Manual of Rules, Tables, and Data for Mechanical Engineers: Based on the Most Recent Investigations

A Manual of Rules, Tables, and Data for Mechanical Engineers: Based on the Most Recent Investigations. Calculations and Estimates Relating to Strength of Materials and of Elementary Constructions [etc.] with Tables of Logarithms, Circles, Squares, Cubes, Square Roots, and Cube Roots; and Many Other Useful Mathematical Tables

Title	Manual of Rules, Tables, and Data for Mechanical Engineers: Based on the Most Recent Investigations of Constant Use in Calculations and Estimates Relating to Strength of Materials and of Elementary Constructions [etc.] with Tables of Logarithms, Circles, Squares, Cubes, Square Roots, and Cube ...
Author	Daniel Kinnear Clark
Publisher	Van N., 1889
Original from	the University of Wisconsin - Madison
Digitized	17 Aug 2007
Length	1011 pages

Contents

GEOMETRICAL PROBLEMS	1
Experiments by Tred	4
Straight LinesStraight Lines and CirclesCircles and Rectilineal FiguresThe	30
Mr Hoods EstimatesTotal Quantity	48
WEIGHTS AND MEASURES	124
FranceThe Metric Standards of Weights and MeasuresMetreKilogramme	146
Approximate Equivalents of English and French Measures	156
Old Weights and Measures in Prussia Kingdom ofBavaria Kingdom of	169
InvestigationRectangular Beams	527
RoundHollowSquareDeflection	534
Tensile Strength and Compressive StrengthResults	553
Tensile Strength c Mr Kirkaldys Experi	567
Mr Kirkaldys Early ExperimentsHematite Steel	595
Table of the Tensile Strength of Sandstones	630
Compressive Strength	643
Solid Wroughtiron Joists	653

SwitzerlandSpainPortugalItaly	175
BurmahChinaCochinChinaPersiaJapanJava	183
New South WalesQueenslandVictoriaNew Zealand c	189
Indian EmpireChinaCochinChinaPersiaJapanJava	195
South AmericaColombia VenezuelaEcuadorGuianaBrazilPeruChili	196
Weight and Volume of various Substances by Tredgold	213
FUNDAMENTAL MECHANICAL PRINCIPLES	271
Uniform MotionVelocityAccelerated and Retarded Motion	277
General RulesDescent	285
The LeverThe PulleyThe Wheel and Axle	296
English and French Units of WorkWork done by the Mechanical Ele	316
Table of Equivalent Degrees by Centigrade and Fahrenheit	326
Mechanical Equivalent of HeatJoules	332
Mr D K Clarks	333
Specific Heat of Water with TableSpecific Heat of Air	352
Table	363
Siebes Icemaking MachineCarres Cooling Apparatus	373
MIXTURE OF GASES AND VAPOURS	392
COMBUSTION	398
PAGE	409
Composition Weight and Bulk	418
Process of CombustionGaseous Products of the Com	426
Density Composition and Heating Power of Lignites	436
Yield of CharcoalComposition with Table of Composition	444
Nature and CompositionCondensed PeatAverage CompositionPro	452
APPLICATIONS OF HEAT	459
Observations of M DarcyExperiments	469
Daltons Experiments and Deduc	491
Cupola FurnacePlaster OvensMetallurgical Furnaces	498
Formula for the Transverse Strength of Solid Beams of Symmetrical Section	509
SemiBeams Loaded at One	520
Buckled Iron Plates	660
Transverse Strength of Rails of Symmetrical Section	665
Laminated and Helical	673
Leather Belting	679
Screwed StayBolts and Flat Surfaces	687
WORK OR LABOUR	718
MILLGEARING	727
Frictional WheelGearing	741
Transmission of Power by Ropes to Great Distances	753
Transverse Deflection of Shafts	756
EVAPORATIVE PERFORMANCE OF STEAMBOILERS	768
Relations of GrateArea and Heating Surface to Evaporative Per	802
STEAMENGINE	822
The Work of Steam by Expan	832
Woolf EngineReceiverEngineIdeal Diagrams	867
Compression of Steam in the Cylinder	878
FLOW OF AIR AND OTHER GASES	891
Resistance of Air to the Motion of FlatSurfaces	897
Efficiency of CompressedAir Engines	909
AIR MACHINERY	915
Wilson Gas ProducerDowson Generator Gas	922
FLOW OF WATER	929
CastIron Gas Pipes	936
UndershotWheelsPaddleWheelsBreast	937
TubWhitelaws WatermillTurbines	943
HYDRAULIC MOTORS	950
Colliery Winding Engines	956
Carts and Waggons on Roads and on Fields	962
Bernays Centrifugal Pumps	968
Centripetal ForceCentrifugal Force 294	977
Index	978