Treatise on Mills and Millwork (Cambridge Library Collection - Technology) - Softcover

Fairbairn, William

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108070019 ISBN 13: 9781108070010

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2014

Synopsis

One of the great Victorian engineers, Sir William Fairbairn (1789–1874) had started his career as a millwright's apprentice, going on to become a civil engineer, a designer of industrial machinery and an expert on the failure of materials and structures. The present work distils a lifetime's experience of mechanical design into two highly illustrated parts. First published in 1861 and 1863, they are here reissued in a single volume. Part 1 gives a general overview of mechanisms such as gears, cranks and cams, and then moves on to the design of prime movers: waterwheels and turbines, steam engines and boilers, and windmills. Part 2 covers the design of mechanisms in more detail, and discusses power transmissions and their components: shafts, gears, bearings, couplings and so on. Lastly, Fairbairn gives overviews of the most important types of industrial mill - including cotton, wool, paper, iron and gunpowder - and their machinery.

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Book Description

Having begun his career as a millwright's apprentice, Sir William Fairbairn (1789-1874) ranked among the most eminent Victorian engineers, making major contributions to many fields. First published in 1861 and 1863, this two-part illustrated guide to the design of industrial machinery is here reissued in one volume.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108070019
• ISBN 13: 9781108070010
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 630