| Treatise on Mills and Millwork Contributor(s): Fairbairn, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 1108070019 ISBN-13: 9781108070010 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $71.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History - Science | History - Technology & Engineering | Food Science - General |
| Dewey: 664.72 |
| Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Technology |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.74 lbs) 630 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |
