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Mechanics: The Science of Machinery

by A. Russell Bond

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  1. 1Preface
  2. 2Chapter I — Tool-Making Animals
  3. 3Chapter II — The Anatomy of a Machine
  4. 4Chapter III — Machines for Making Machines
  5. 5Chapter IV — Counting Seconds
  6. 6Chapter V — Putting Rivers to Work
  7. 7Chapter VI — Liquid Levers and Gears
  8. 8Chapter VII — Air vs. Water
  9. 9Chapter VIII — Air Springs and Cushions
  10. 10Chapter IX — Power From Heat
  11. 11Chapter X — Burning Fuel in the Engine Cylinder
  12. 12Chapter XI — When Coal and Oil Are Exhausted
  13. 13Chapter XII — Invasion of the Sea
  14. 14Chapter XIII — Sliding, Rolling, Walking, and Creeping
  15. 15Chapter XIV — Invasion of the Sky
  16. 16Chapter XV — Helping the Farmer
  17. 17Chapter XVI — Machining the Earth
  18. 18Chapter XVII — From Fiber to Fabric
  19. 19Chapter XVIII — The Making of Paper
  20. 20Chapter XIX — Typesetting and Printing Machinery
  21. 21Chapter XX — Cast Iron, Wrought Iron, and Steel
  22. 22Chapter XXI — Animated Machinery
  23. 23Chapter XXII — Heat Vacuums
  24. 24Chapter XXIII — Engines of Destruction
  25. 25Chapter XXIV — Summary of Mechanical Progress

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