Mechanics for practical mencontaining explanations of the principles of mechanics, the steam engine, with its various proportions, parallel motion, the principles of which are fully and clearly investigated, with practical rules, adapted to the commonest capacity, tables of safety-valve levers, tables of parallel motions, tables of the weight of cast iron pipes, tables of various kinds, on cast and wrought iron, for the use of founders, smiths, &c., strength and stress of materials, centres of gravity, gyration, & c., central forces, with their application to the theory of fly wheels, &c., hydrostatics, and hydraulics : with a short dissertation on rail-roads, & c.
Printed for the authors1833-01-01
