MUNN & CO.,
Publishers SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN,
37 PARK ROW, NEW YORK.
_BRANCH OFFICE--Corner of F and 7th Streets,
Washington, D. C._
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PRACTICAL DRAUGHTSMAN'S BOOK OF
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
AND MACHINISTS' & ENGINEERS'
DRAWING COMPANION.
Forming a Complete Course of Mechanical, Engineering, and
Architectural Drawing. From the French of M. Armengaud the elder,
Professor of Design in Conservatoire of Arts and Industry, Paris, and
MM. Armengaud the younger, and Amoroux, Civil Engineers. Rewritten and
arranged with additional matter and plates, selections from and
examples of the most useful and generally employed mechanism of the
day. By William Johnson, Assoc. Inst. C. E. Illustrated by fifty folio
steel plates, and fifty wood cuts. A new edition, 4to....$10
Among the contents are: Linear Drawing, Definitions, and Problems.
Sweeps, Sections, and Mouldings, Elementary Gothic Forms, and
Rosettes. Ovals, Ellipses, Parabolas, and Volutes. Rules and Principal
Data. Study of Projections. Elementary Principles. Of Prisms and other
Solids. Rules and Practical Data. On coloring Sections, with
applications. Conventional Colors, Composition or Mixture of Colors.
Continuation of the Study of Projection--Use of Sections--details of
machinery. Simple applications--spindles, shafts, couplings, wooden
patterns. Method of constructing a wooden model or pattern of a
coupling. Elementary applications. Rules and Practical Data.
THE INTERSECTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SURFACES, WITH APPLICATIONS.--The
Intersection of Cylinders and Cones. The Delineation and Development
of Helices, Screws, and Serpentines. Application of the helix--the
construction of a staircase. The Intersection of Surfaces--applications
to stop cocks. Rules and Practical Data.
THE STUDY AND CONSTRUCTION OF TOOTHED GEAR.--Involute, cycloid, and
epicycloid. Involute, Cycloid. External epicycloid, described by a
circle rolling about a fixed circle inside of it. Internal epicycloid.
Delineation of a rack and pinion in gear. Gearing of a worm with a
worm wheel. Cylindrical or Spur Gearing. Practical delineation of a
couple of Spur wheels. The Delineation and Construction of Wooden
Patterns for Toothed Wheels. Rules and Practical Data.
CONTINUATION OF THE STUDY OF TOOTHED GEAR.--Design for a pair of bevel
wheels in gear. Construction of wooden patterns for a pair of bevel
wheels. Involute and Helical Teeth. Contrivances for obtaining
differential Movements. Rules and Practical Data.
ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF SHADOWS.--Shadows of Prisms, Pyramids, and
Cylinders. Principles of Shading. Continuation of the Study of
Shadows. Tuscan Order. Rules and practical data.
APPLICATION OF SHADOWS TO TOOTHED GEAR.--Application of Shadows to
Screws. Application of Shadow to a Boiler and its Furnace. Shading in
Black--Shading in Colors.
THE CUTTING AND SHAPING OF MASONRY.--Rules and Practical Data. Remarks
on Machine Tools.
THE STUDY OF MACHINERY AND SKETCHING.--Various applications and
combinations: The Sketching of Machinery. Drilling Machines; Motive
Machines; Water wheels. Construction and Setting up of water wheels.
Delineation of water wheels. Design of a water wheel. Sketch of a
water wheel. Overshot water wheels. Water Pumps; Steam Motors;
High-pressure expansive steam engine. Details of Construction;
Movements of the Distribution and Expansion Valves; Rules and
Practical Data.