Portal:Mechanical engineering and machinery
Mechanical engineering is a discipline of engineering that applies the principles of physics and materials science for analysis, design, manufacturing, and maintenance of mechanical systems. It is the branch of engineering that involves the production and usage of heat and mechanical power for the design, production, and operation of machines and tools. It is one of the oldest and broadest engineering disciplines.
General
[edit]- Fifty Years of Mechanical Engineering as it appeared in the February 1884 Popular Science Monthly
- The Kinematics of Machinery
Human-powered transport
[edit]- "The Description of a new and safe Crane, which has four different Powers; invented by Mr. James Ferguson, F. R. S." in Philosophical Transactions, volume 54 (1764)
Steam engineering
[edit]- The Growth of the Steam-Engine I as it appeared in the November 1877 Popular Science Monthly
- The Growth of the Steam-Engine II as it appeared in the December 1877 Popular Science Monthly
- The Growth of the Steam-Engine III as it appeared in the January 1878 Popular Science Monthly
- The Growth of the Steam-Engine IV as it appeared in the February 1878 Popular Science Monthly
- The Growth of the Steam-Engine V as it appeared in the March 1878 Popular Science Monthly
- The Growth of the Steam-Engine VI as it appeared in the May 1878 Popular Science Monthly
- Steam Heating and Ventilation
- The Steam Turbine, 1911 Rede Lecture by Charles A. Parsons
Patents
[edit]- United States patent 285584, "Turbine for Steam and Other Motive Powers", Gustaf de Laval, issued September 25, 1883, filed July 28, 1883.
Motors and engines
[edit]- Domestic Motors I as it appeared in the December 1880 Popular Science Monthly
- Domestic Motors II as it appeared in the January 1881 Popular Science Monthly
- Domestic Motors III as it appeared in the February 1881 Popular Science Monthly
Renewable energy sources
[edit]- Machines Driven by Solar Rays as it appeared in the July 1883 Popular Science Monthly
Pneumatic machinery
[edit]- The Sand-Blast as it appeared in the January 1876 Popular Science Monthly
Machine shops
[edit]- Hammers and Percussion as it appeared in the May 1876 Popular Science Monthly
- Axes and Hatchets, Ancient and Modern as it appeared in the June 1876 Popular Science Monthly
- More Concerning Mechanical Tools as it appeared in the December 1876 Popular Science Monthly