The operative mechanic, and British machinist |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page vi
... stone is almost invariably imparted either by wind or water , we have thought it no deviation from scientific arrangement , to introduce at the end of these two articles a description of a FLOUR - MILL ; as , by that means , the reader ...
... stone is almost invariably imparted either by wind or water , we have thought it no deviation from scientific arrangement , to introduce at the end of these two articles a description of a FLOUR - MILL ; as , by that means , the reader ...
Page 39
... stone , to set them at a greater distance asunder , that they may require less power to drive them , and consequently suffer the mill , as nearly as it can , to retain its full velocity , though the motive force is greatly diminished ...
... stone , to set them at a greater distance asunder , that they may require less power to drive them , and consequently suffer the mill , as nearly as it can , to retain its full velocity , though the motive force is greatly diminished ...
Page 49
... stone ; but in the Albion Mills , a heavy fly was added with great propriety ; for if the mills had been regulated by their mill - stones only , then , at every change of stroke in the steam - engine , the whole train of communications ...
... stone ; but in the Albion Mills , a heavy fly was added with great propriety ; for if the mills had been regulated by their mill - stones only , then , at every change of stroke in the steam - engine , the whole train of communications ...
Page 89
... stone - work . On the back of the cast - iron plate the moving shuttle e is applied ; it fits close to the cast - iron so as to prevent the water from leaking between them , and the water runs over its upper edge . F is an iron groove ...
... stone - work . On the back of the cast - iron plate the moving shuttle e is applied ; it fits close to the cast - iron so as to prevent the water from leaking between them , and the water runs over its upper edge . F is an iron groove ...
Page 91
... stone - work of the breast at their lower ends , and the upper ends are fastened to a large timber , D , which is sup- ported at its ends in the side walls , and has a truss - framing applied to the back of it , like the framing of a ...
... stone - work of the breast at their lower ends , and the upper ends are fastened to a large timber , D , which is sup- ported at its ends in the side walls , and has a truss - framing applied to the back of it , like the framing of a ...
Contents
86 | |
90 | |
104 | |
132 | |
139 | |
150 | |
228 | |
232 | |
246 | |
249 | |
250 | |
262 | |
289 | |
298 | |
308 | |
314 | |
323 | |
331 | |
339 | |
340 | |
356 | |
365 | |
378 | |
454 | |
486 | |
500 | |
504 | |
505 | |
508 | |
524 | |
536 | |
547 | |
560 | |
581 | |
606 | |
621 | |
628 | |
635 | |
643 | |
673 | |
688 | |
707 | |
772 | |
787 | |
788 | |
Other editions - View all
The Operative Mechanic, and British Machinist: Being a Practical Display of ... No preview available - 2020 |
Common terms and phrases
angle aperture applied arms axis axle barrel beam boiler bolt bottom brass bucket cast-iron centre circle circumference cistern cock cog-wheel column communication condenser construction contrivance crank cylinder descend described diameter edge effect engine epicycloid equal fall fastened feet fixed flaunch flax float-boards force four frame friction frustrum furnace geer groove gudgeon hemp hole horizontal inches iron leather length lever lower machine machinery manner means metal mill mill-stone minute motion moved Parcieux pass perpendicular piece pinion pipe piston placed plate pounds pounds weight pressure prevent pulley pump quantity of water raised ratchet-wheel represented in fig roller rope round sails screw shaft shuttle side slider sliding space spindle square steam steam-engine stone stroke sufficient surface teeth thickness treadle tube turned upper valve velocity vertical vessel water-wheel weft weight wheel wind wire yarn
Popular passages
Page 680 - BXD' 125. A PROPORTION is an equality of ratios. Four magnitudes are in proportion, when the ratio of the first to the second is the same as that of the third to the fourth.
Page 182 - I condense the steam, by causing it to pass in contact with metallic substances, while water is applied to the opposite side. Fourthly, to discharge the engine of the water employed to condense the steam, I suspend a column of water in a tube or vessel constructed for that purpose, on the principles of the barometer, the upper end having open communication with the steam vessels, and the lower end being immersed in a vessel of water. Fifthly, to discharge the air which enters the steam vessels with...
Page 595 - ... any error, however small, when multiplied, becomes of considerable magnitude, and even the difference of an inch in the last riser, will not only have a bad effect to the eye, but will be apt to confuse persons not thinking of any such irregularity. In order to try the steps properly by the story rod, if you have not a level surface to work from, the better way will be, to lay two rods on boards, and level their top surface to that of the floor ; place one of these rods a little within the string,...
Page 699 - Pyramid. RULE. — Multiply the sum of the perimeters of the two ends by the slant height or side of the frustum, and half the product will be the surface required.
Page 230 - The buckets have a lateral orifice, to receive and to discharge the water. The axis of this wheel is embraced by four small beams, crossing each other at right angles, tapering at the extremities, and forming eight little arms. This wheel is near the centre of the horse-walk, contiguous to the vertical axis, into the top of which the...
Page 713 - BRAZING, the soldering or joining two pieces of iron together, by means of thin plates of brass melted between the pieces that are to be joined. If the work be very fine, as when two leaves of a broken saw are to be brazed together...
Page 234 - Q be opened, the water and air rush out together with prodigious violence, and the drops of water are changed into hail or lumps of ice. It is a sight usually shown to strangers, who are desired to hold their hats to receive the blasts of air : the ice comes out with such violence as frequently to pierce the hat like a pistol bullet.
Page 491 - The wheel E performs one revolution in an hour ; the wheel NN, which is turned by the axis of the wheel E, must likewise make only one revolution in the same time; and the minute-hand is fixed to the socket of this w heel.
Page 117 - ... to a fourth number, which will be the velocity of the water. Therefore the velocity of the water may be always found by multiplying 32.174, by the square root of the height of the fall, and dividing that product by the square root...
Page 226 - it is a curious fact in the rupture of amorphous stones, that pyramids are formed, having for their base the upper side of the cube next the lever, the action of which displaces the sides of the cubes, precisely as if a wedge had operated between them.