CYCLOPÆDIA OF APPLIED MECHANICS.
A DICTIONARY OF
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AND THE MECHANICAL ARTS.
ILLUSTRATED BY 5,000 ENGRAVINGS.
Edited by PARK BENJAMIN, Ph. D.
CONTRIBUTORS.
| T. A. EDISON, Ph. D. | ABRAM L. HOLLEY, C. E. |
| RICHARD H. BULL, C. E. | COLEMAN SELLERS, M. E. |
| SAMUEL WEBBER, C. E. | Prof. C. W. McCord. |
| CHARLES E. EMERY, C. E. | IRVING M. SCOTT, Esq. |
| Prof. DE VOLSON WOOD. | F. A. McDowell, C. E. |
| JOSHUA ROSE, M. E. | H. A. MOTT, Jr., Ph. D. |
| PIERRE de P. RICKETTS, Ph. D. | W. H. PAYNE, C. E. |
| Hon. ORESTES CLEVELAND. | GEORGE H. BENJAMIN, M. D. |
| W. T. J. KRAJEWSKI, C. E. | THERON SKELL, C. E. |
| S. W. GREEN, Esq. | WILLIAM KENT, C. E. |
| JOHN BIRKINBINE, C. E. | W. E. KELLY, Esq. |
| HENRY L. BREVOORT, C. E. | F. T. THURSTON, C. E. |
| Lieut. A. A. BOYD, U. S. N. | JOHN HOLLINGSWORTH, Esq. |
Appletons' Cyclopædia of Applied Mechanics of 1879 is a new work, and not a revision of the former Dictionary of Mechanics of 1850. It aims to present the best and latest American practice in the mechanical arts, and to compare the same with that of other nations. It also exhibits the extent to which American invention and discovery have contributed to the world's progress during the last quarter century. Its production is deemed timely in view of the existing popular interest in the labors of the mechanic and inventor which has been awakened by the great International Expositions of the last decade, and by the wonderful discoveries made by American inventors during the past three years.
The Contributors whose names are given above number many of the most eminent American mechanical experts and engineers. Several of their contributions contain the results of original research and thought, never before published. Their efforts have in all cases tended to simplify the subjects treated, to avoid technicalities, and so to render all that is presented easily understood by the general reader as well as by the mechanical student. Examples are appended to all rules, explanations to all tables, and in such matters as the uses of tools and management of machines the instructions are unusually minute and accurate.
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