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Chapter VI. Sketch of the History of Machine Development | 201 | |
§ 48. | The Origin and Early Growth of Machines | 201 |
49. | The Development of the Machine from a Kinematic point of view | 226 |
50. | The Growth of Modern Machinery | 232 |
51. | The Present Tendency of Machine Development | 242 |
Chapter VII. Kinematic Notation | 247 | |
§ 52. | Necessity for a Kinematic Notation | 247 |
53. | Former Attempts | 248 |
54. | Nature of the Symbols required | 251 |
55. | Class or Name-Symbols | 252 |
56. | Form-Symbols | 253 |
57. | Symbols of Relation | 255 |
58. | Formulæ for simple Kinematic Chains and Mechanisms | 258 |
59. | Contracted Formulæ | 263 |
60. | Formulæ for Compound Chains | 264 |
61. | Formulæ for Chains containing Pressure-organs | 268 |
62. | Contracted Formluæ for Single Mechanisms | 270 |
Chapter VIII. Kinematic Analysis | 274 | |
§ 63. | The Problems of Kinematic Analysis | 274 |
64. | The "Mechanical Powers" or "Simple Machines" | 275 |
65. | The Quadric (Cylindric) Crank Chain | 283 |
66. | Parallel Cranks | 287 |
67. | Anti-parallel Cranks | 290 |
68. | The Isosceles Crank-train | 292 |
69. | The Cylindric Slider-crank Chain | 294 |
70. | The Isosceles Slider-crank Chain | 302 |
71. | Expansion of Elements in the Slider-crank Chain | 304 |
72. | The Normal Double Slider-crank Chain | 313 |
73. | The Crossed Slider-crank Chain | 318 |
74. | Recapitulation of the Cylindric Crank Trains | 323 |
75. | The Conic Quadric Crank Chain | 327 |
76. | Reduction of a Kinematic Chain | 333 |
77. | Augmentation of Kinematic Chains | 341 |
Chapter IX. Analysis of Chamber-crank Trains | 342 | |
§ 78. | Chaining of Crank Mechanisms with Pressure-Organs | 342 |
79. | Chamber-crank Trains from the Turning Slider-crank | 344 |
80. | Chamber-crank Trains from the Isosceles Turning Slider-crank | 355 |