The Mechanic's Text-book and Engineer's Practical Guide ...Phillips, Sampson, 1855 - 403 pages |
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applied Area in sq Bar iron beam block and tackle body boiler Brass breadth cast iron centre circle circumference column Copper cube cubic feet cubic inches cylinder decimal degree depth distance divide the product draw the line elastic force engine esbo Fahrenheit feet in length feet per second fluid foot friction frustum gallons given grammar gravity heat Hence imperial gallons inches diameter inches of mercury inclined plane labour language Latin leading screw lever lineal logarithm means mechanic ment mind motion Multiply nature number of teeth pinion piston pitch practical pressure principle profession proper pulley quantity quired quotient equal radius ratio red-short resistance revolutions revolutions per minute Rule shaft side solid square feet square inch square root steam steam-engine stroke suppose surface taste temperature Th'k thickness tion trade unguent velocity weight wheel wrought iron
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Page 205 - ... depend on the will of the moment, and which can be carried on so far mechanically that an average quantum only of health, spirits, and intellectual exertion are requisite to its faithful discharge.
Page 101 - Multiply the square of the diameter of the cylinder in inches by the velocity of the piston in feet per minute, and -divide the product by 6,000 ; the quotient is the number of nominal horses power.
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Page 30 - From half the sum of the three sides, subtract each side severally; multiply the half sum, and the three remainders together, and the square root of the product will be the area required. Example. — Required the area of a triangle, whose sides are 50, 40, and 30 feet. 50 + 40+30 ; — 60, half the sum of the three sides.