This second edition includes new topics and chapters that are of special interest to engineers. This book describes the inventions and designs of ancient engineers who are the precursors of the present.
Introduces simple machines, including screws, levers, wedges, and pulleys, describes how each makes everyday life easier, and provides activities demonstrating these machines in action.
With contributions by experts from around the world, the Handbook of Condition Monitoring provides comprehensive coverage of the four main techniques used in condition monitoring.
It is this broad coverage of the developments in materials and processes affects our daily lives that makes Industrial Plastics an outstanding resource for students and professionals alike.
This professional reference book will be the first comprehensive book in many years that treats all engineering aspects of rotary kilns, including a thorough grounding in the thermal and fluid principles involved in their operation, as well ...
This is the second volume of a series of edited books whose aim is to collect c- tributed papers within a framework that can serve as a collection of persons in MMS (Mechanism and Machine Science).
Introduction: Mechanical Romanticism -- DEVICES OF COSMIC UNITY -- Ampère's Experiments: Contours of a Cosmic Cubstance -- Humboldt's Instruments: Even the Tools Will Be Free -- Arago's Daguerreotype: The Labor Theory of Knowledge -- ...
Each subject is discussed in detail and supported by numerous figures and tables. This comprehensive Springer Handbook covers all major areas encompassed by the broad field of mechanical engineering.