Bicycles & tricycles : a classic treatise on their design and construction / Archibald Sharp.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sharp, Archibald, 1862-1934.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bicycles--Design and construction.

Bicycles.

Tricycles--Design and construction.

Tricycles.

Physical Description:

xviii, 536 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

Other Title:

Bicycles and tricycles

Place of Publication:

Mineola : Dover Publications, 2003.

Summary:

Until the publication of this book in 1896, no comparable work existed on the science, design, and mechanics of the bicycle -- an invention that not only revolutionized transportation for the average person but also had far-reaching social and economic consequences. Its development, in many ways, generated more widespread and intense excitement than that created by the first steam engine! For one thing, the bicycle liberated large numbers of people -- especially women -- from lifetimes spent mainly within walking distances of their homes. While other books on the bicycle have been written since, this late-nineteenth-century classic remains unsurpassed in the torough, accurate, technical coverage of every aspect of bicycle design and construction. Over 560 illustrations, diagrams, figures, and tables complement an exhaustive examination of such topics as the development of cycles, kinematics, stability, steering, the frame, gears, stresses, and mechanical components. A marvel of scientific exposition, this comprehensive and detailed treatise will appeal to Scientific American-level readers, serious cyclists, bicycle designers and collectors, and anyone interested in the history of bicycle technology and invention.

Contents:

Part I Principles of Mechanics

Chapter I Fundamental Conceptions of Mechanics 1

Chapter II Speed, Rate of Change of Speed, Velocity, Acceleration, Force, Momentum 4

Chapter III Kinematics: Addition of Velocities 15

Chapter IV Kinematics: Plane Motion 23

Chapter V Kinematics: Motion in Three Dimensions 39

Chapter VI Statics 43

Chapter VII Dynamics: General Principles 56

Chapter VIII Dynamics (continued) 65

Chapter IX Friction 78

Chapter X Straining Actions: Tension and Compression 85

Chapter XI Straining Actions: Bending 93

Chapter XII Shearing, Torsion, and Compound Straining Action 120

Chapter XIII Strength of Materials 132

Part II Cycles in General

Chapter XIV Development of Cycles: The Bicycle 145

Chapter XV Development of Cycles: The Tricycle 165

Chapter XVI Classification of Cycles 183

Chapter XVII Stability of Cycles 197

Chapter XVIII Steering of Cycles 221

Chapter XIX Motion Over Uneven Surfaces 243

Chapter XX Resistance of Cycles 250

Chapter XXI Gearing in General 257

Part III Details

Chapter XXII The Frame: Descriptive 275

Chapter XXIII The Frame: Stresses 303

Chapter XXIV Wheels 337

Chapter XXV Bearings 366

Chapter XXVI Chains and Chain Gearing 396

Chapter XXVII Toothed-Wheel Gearing 434

Chapter XXVIII Lever-and-Crank Gear 472

Chapter XXIX Tyres 485

Chapter XXX Pedals, Cranks, and Bottom Brackets 507

Chapter XXXI Springs and Saddles 517

Chapter XXXII Brakes 526

Table I. Work done in Foot-lbs. per Stroke of Pedal in raising 100 lbs. Weight against Gravity 60

Table II. Work done in Foot-lbs. per Minute in pushing 100 lbs. Weight Up-hill 61

Table III. Sectional Areas and Moduli of Binding Resistance of Round Bars 109

Table IV. Sectional Areas, Weights per Foot run, and Moduli of Bending Resistance of Steel Tubes 112

Table V. Ultimate and Elastic Strengths of Materials, and Coefficients of Elasticity 134

Table VI. Specific Gravity and Strength of Woods 139

Table VII. Tensile Strength of Helical and Solid-drawn Tubes 142

Table VIII. Banking of Racing Tracks 205

Table IX. Banking of Racing Tracks 206

Table X. Air Resistance to Safety Bicycle and Rider 253

Table XI. Resistance of Cycles on Common Roads 256

Table XII. Sectional Areas and Weights per 100 feet Length of Steel Spokes 346

Table XIII. Weights, Approximate Crushing Loads, and Safe Working Loads of Diamond Cast Steel Balls 394

Table XIV. Chain Gearing 397

Table XV. Chain-wheels 405

Table XVI. Variation of Speed of Crank-axle 425

Table XVII. Greatest Possible Variation of Speed-ratio of Two Shafts Geared Level 426

Table XVIII. Circular Wheel-teeth, External Gear 452

Table XIX. Circular Wheel-teeth, Internal Gear 452

Table XX. Safe Working Pressure on Toothed-wheels 454.

Notes:

Originally published: London ; New York : Longmans, Green. 1896.

Includes index.

ISBN:

0486429873

OCLC:

52887550