WHITTAKER’S
MECHANICAL ENGINEER’S
POCKET-BOOK
By PHILIP R. BJÖRLING.
CONTENTS.
WATER—WIND ENGINES—AIR—STEAM—MANUAL POWER—ANIMAL POWER—PIPES—TANKS—CRABS, WINCHES AND CRANES—GEARING—ROPE DRIVING—BELTING—SHAFTING—BEAMS—GRAVITY OF FALLING BODIES—ACCELERATED MOTION—CENTRIFUGAL FORCE—PENDULUM—THERMOMETERS—MINING MACHINERY—HYDRAULIC GOLD MINING—ELEVATORS, CONVEYERS AND PICKING TABLES—CHAIN BELTING—CENTRIFUGAL FANS—SPEEDS OF MACHINERY AND TOOLS—TABLES.
‘It contains information not often found in similar works.’—English Mechanic.
‘The book is evidently framed with a thorough appreciation of the most modern needs of the engineer.’—Marine Engineer.
‘There is little that any mechanical engineer is likely to require to be informed on—as to formulæ and data—that is not afforded in greater or lesser degree by the pages of this pocket-book.’—Electrician.
‘Literally packed with concrete data on all matters connected with practice of mechanical engineering, and every engineer will be much the better practical craftsman in having the work constantly at hand.’—Building Industries.
‘We welcome it as a valuable vade mecum to the engineer be he mechanical or civil.’—Indian and Eastern Engineer.