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LEADER: 03053cam 2200361I 4500
005 20060825093758.0
008 840720s1852 enka 000 0 eng d
010 $a 96208308
019 $a35878831
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm10969623
040 $aDRB$cDRB$dDLC$dSMI
049 $aSMI+$nosds 08/25/06; not formerly in SIRIS
050 4 $aTJ170$b.B158
090 $aTJ175$b.B35 1852
100 1 $aBaker, T.$q(Thomas),$dd. 1871.
245 10 $aElements of mechanism:$belucidating the scientific principles of the practical construction of machines, for the use of schools, and students in mechanical engineering, with numerous specimens of modern machines, remarkable for their utility and ingenuity,$cby T. Baker ...
260 $aLondon,$bJ. Weale,$c1852.
300 $axx, 225, [3] p.$billus., diagrs.$c18 cm.
500 $a"London: Bradbury and Evans, printers ..."--Verso of t.p.
500 $a"Illustrated by two hundred and forty-three engravings."
500 $aErrata on p. xx.
500 $aPublisher's advertisements appear on the final 2 p.
505 0 $aPt. 1. ch. 1. Elements of mechanism -- ch. 2. The lever and link-work -- ch. 3. Wheel-work, producing motion by rolling contact -- ch. 4. On pitch. The teeth of wheels. Gudgeons. Couplings of axles. Hooke's joint. Friction wheels. Engagement and disengagement of machinery. Concentric wheels. Pulleys. Producing motion by wrapping contact by means of cords. Chains, straps, etc. -- ch. 5. Variable motion by the rolling contact of wheels -- ch. 6. Intermittent and reciprocating motion by wheels -- ch. 7. The inclined plane, the screw, the wedge, and camb, producing motion by sliding -- ch. 8. Escapements, pendulums, etc. -- Pt. 2. ch. 1. Mechanism, and parts of mechanism, designed to effect proposed objects -- ch. 2. Mechanism for modifying motion -- ch. 3. Machines commonly used in the arts of construction, and for domestic purposes -- ch. 4. Pumps and other hydraulic machines -- ch. 5. Self-acting lathes for sliding, screwing, and surfacing; also self-acting planing, shaping, slotting, punching, and shearing machines -- ch. 6. Machines for carding, spinning, etc. -- ch. 7. The steam engine -- ch. 8. Machinery for the manufacturing and refining [of] sugar -- ch. 9. On the friction of machinery and labouring forces -- ch. 10. On the production of brown salt-glazed stone-ware and Bristol-ware.
590 $aSCDIRB copy 39088012118394 has bookplate: Ex libris New York University, James Arthur Collection, with shelf-marks: 681 B16; 181042; acc. no. 172.
590 $aSCDIRB copy has stamps on t.p.: Library, N.Y. Univ.; B. of E. cancelled Oct. 1914.
590 $aSCDIRB copy has a later olive green cloth binding with a gilt-lettered spine and gray endpapers.
650 0 $aMechanics.
650 0 $aMachinery, Kinematics of.
650 0 $aMachine-tools.
700 1 $aArthur, James,$d1842-1930,$eformer owner.$5DSI
710 2 $aNew York University.$bLibraries,$eformer owner.$5DSI
945 $atjit 3/25/98
949 $lsc$gscdirb$i39088012118394$nlc$trare