Abstract
THIS somewhat unusual type of text-book originated in 1885 from printed notes used by Prof. Peter Schwamb at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In its present form, the book is in thirteen chapters dealing with motion, vectors, velocity, acceleration, linkages, transmission of motion by direct contact, cams, rolling contact, gears, trains of wheels, belts, ropes, chains, pulley blocks, screws, screw threads, pawls, escapements, etc. The whole course thus provides an authoritative book on the fundamental principles of kinematics applied to mechanical movements. In this edition, not only have recent data on the subject been added, but also laboratory problems emphasizing practical applications of theory are included for the first time.
Elements of Mechanism
By Peter Schwamb Allyne L. Merrill Walter H. James. Sixth edition, revised by Prof. Venton Levy Doughtie. Pp. xi + 428. (New York: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.; London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1947.) 4 dollars.
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BROWN, F. Elements of Mechanism. Nature 161, 79 (1948). https://doi.org/10.1038/161079b0
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