The Romance of Modern Mechanism : With Interesting Descriptions in Non-technical Language of Wonderful Machinery and Mechanical Devices and Marvellously Delicate Scientific Instruments

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Archibald, 1871-1934

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"The Romance of Modern Mechanism" by Archibald Williams is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. The book explores the fascinating world of modern machinery and mechanical devices, presenting descriptions in accessible, non-technical language for a general audience. It delves into the evolution of technology, highlighting how various mechanisms have transformed everyday life and industry. At the start of the book, the author sets the scene by tracing the development of mechanisms from early human tools to the sophisticated machines of the modern era. He begins by emphasizing the essential role that machinery plays in contemporary society, detailing the countless ways in which mechanical devices influence our daily routines. Williams briefly introduces various subjects that will be explored, from delicate instruments like watches and chronometers to complex industrial machinery, painting a vivid picture of our reliance on machines and the ingenuity behind their creation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

Delicate instruments; watches and chronometers; the microtome; the dividing engine; measuring machines

Calculating machines

Workshop machinery; the lathe; planing machines; the steam hammer; hydraulic tools; electrical tools in the shipyard

Portable tools

The pedrail: a walking steam-engine

Internal combustion engines; oil engines; engines worked with producer gas; blast furnace gas engines

Motor-cars; the motor omnibus; railway motor-cars

The motor afloat; pleasure boats; motor lifeboats; motor fishing boats; a motor fire float; the mechanism of the motor boat; the two-stroke motor; motor boats for the navy

The motor cycle

Fire engines

Fire-alarms and automatic fire extinguishers

The machinery of a ship; the reversing engine; marine engine speed governors; the steering engine; blowing and ventilating apparatus; pumps; feed heaters; feed-water filters; distillers; refrigerators; the search-light; wireless telegraphy instruments; safety devices; the transmission of power on a ship

The nurse of the navy

The mechanism of diving

Apparatus for raising sunken ships and treasure

The handling of grain; the elevator; the suction pneumatic grain-lifter; the pneumatic blast grain-lifter; the combined system

Mechanical transporters and conveyers; ropeways; cableways; telpherage; coaling warships at sea

Automatic weighers

Transporter bridges

Boat- and ship-raising lifts

A self-moving staircase

Pneumatic mail tubes

An electric postal system

Agricultural machinery; ploughs; drills and seeders; reaping machines; threshing machines; petrol-driven field machinery; electrical farming machinery

Dairy machinery; milking machines; cream separators; a machine for drying milk

Sculpturing machines

An automatic rifle; a ball-bearing rifle.

Credits:

Produced by Chris Curnow, Quentin Campbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 63.3 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Release date is 2014-06-25