Ingenious Mechanisms For Designers and Inventors (Four-Voume Set).

Franklin D. Jones, Editor (Volumes 1 & 2); Holbrook L. Horton, Editor (Volume 3); Holbrook L. Horton and John A. Newell, Editors (Volume 4).

ISBN 10: 0831110848 / ISBN 13: 9780831110840

Published by Industrial Press 1930, 1936, 1951, 1967, New York, NY, 1930

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All Volumes Very Near Fine: All four volumes show a touch of crimp to the heel of the backstrip; Volumes One, Two and Three show very mild scuffs to the bottom edges of the panels; the bindings are square and secure; the texts are bright and clean. Free of creased or dog-eared pages in the text. Free of underlining, hi-lighting, notations, or marginalia. Free of any ownership names, dates, addresses, notations, inscriptions, stamps, plates, or labels. A handsome, very nearly-new set, structurally sound and tightly bound, showing only the noted imperfections. Bright and clean. Corners sharp. Very close to 'As New'. NOT a Remainder, Book-Club, or Ex-Library. 8vo. (9.35 x 6.35 x 5.5 inches). 536 + 538 + 536 + 486 pages. Language: English. Weight: 126.8 ounces. First Edition [1930, 1936, 1951, 1967]; all much later printings, probably circa 1990. Hardback: Laminate Boards. First Edition [1930, 1936, 1951, 1967]; all much later printings.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Ingenious Mechanisms For Designers and Inventors (Four-Voume Set).
• Publisher: Industrial Press 1930, 1936, 1951, 1967, New York, NY
• Publication Date: 1930
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0831110848
• ISBN 13: 9780831110840
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
  • Technical & Engineering

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Synopsis

Each of the four volumes of Ingenious Mechanisms is an independent treatise on the subject of mechanisms. The books are similar in size and general character, but the contents are different. The mechanisms described are grouped into chapters according to general types. Together with the complete index, this arrangement by function makes it easy to find the class of movement desired, and enables you to compare mechanisms which are similar in purpose but different in design.  

• The descriptions and illustrations are confined to the important and fundamental elements, so that time is not wasted reading a lot of useless or irrelevant detail.
• Readers are told plainly and briefly what each mechanism consists of, how it operates, and the features which make it of special interest.
• The particular mechanisms have been selected because they have stood the test of actual practice.
• Among the mechanisms described and illustrated by working diagrams are: cam applications and special cam designs; intermittent motions from gears and cams; interlocking devices; valve diagrams; reversing mechanisms of special design; tripping or stop mechanisms; drives of crank type for reciprocating driven members; feeding mechanisms and auxiliary devices; feeding and ejecting mechanisms; and many, many more.

About the Author

Franklin Day Jones (1879–1967) was an author in mechanical engineering and toolmaking. He wrote the first edition of Machinery's Handbook (1914, Industrial Press), with engineer Erik Oberg.