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"Scientific American Supplement, No. 433, April 19, 1884"


Exercises in Workshops in mechanical manipulation.
Estimates of _cost_ (stock and labor).
MACHINERY AND MILL WORK.--Theory of machines. Construction. Kinematics
applied. Stresses, calculated and traced. Work of machines. Selection
of materials for the several parts. Determination of _proportions_ of
details, and of _forms_ as modified by difficulties of construction.
Regulators, Dynamometers, Pneumatic and Hydraulic machinery. Determining
_moduli_ of machines.
POWER, transmission by gearing, belting, water, compressed air, etc.
LOADS, transportation.
III.
HISTORY AND PRESENT FORMS OF THE PRIME MOVERS.
_Windmills_, their theory, construction, and application.
_Water Wheels_. Theory, construction, application, testing, and
comparison of principal types.
_Air, Gas, and Electric Engines_, similarly treated.
STEAM ENGINES.--Classification. [Marine (merchant) Engine assumed as
representative type.] Theory. Construction, including general design,
form and proportion of details.
_Boilers_ similarly considered.


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