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§ 118. | Crossheads and Guides | 454 |
119. | Click-wheels and Gear | 455 |
120. | Reversed Motion in Free Click-trains | 459 |
121. | Ratchet-trains | 461 |
122. | Brakes and Brake-gear | 467 |
123. | Engaging and Disengaging Gear | 468 |
124. | Recapitulation of the Methods used for Stopping and Setting in Motion | 472 |
125. | Pipes, Steam and Pump-cylinders, Pistons and Stuffing-boxes | 473 |
126. | Valves | 473 |
127. | Springs as Constructive Elements | 480 |
128. | General Conclusions from the Foregoing Analysis | 480 |
Chapter XII. The Analysis of Complete Machines | 486 | |
§ 129. | Existing Methods and Treatment | 486 |
130. | The Tool | 490 |
131. | Kinematic Nature of the Tool | 493 |
132. | The Receptor | 497 |
133. | Kinematic Nature of the Complete Machine | 502 |
134. | Prime-movers and Direct-actors | 505 |
135. | The Principal Subdivisions of Complete Machines. Descriptive Analysis | 510 |
136. | Examples of the Descriptive Analysis of Complete Machines | 516 |
137. | The Relation of Machinery to Social Life | 522 |
Chapter XIII. Kinematic Synthesis | 527 | |
§ 138. | General Nature of Kinematic Synthesis | 527 |
139. | Direct Kinematic Synthesis | 528 |
140. | Indirect Kinematic Synthesis | 529 |
141. | Diagram of the Synthetic Processes | 531 |
142. | Synthesis of the Lower Pairs of Elements | 532 |
143. | The Simpler Higher Pairs | 533 |
144. | Synthesis of Toothed-wheel Pairs | 535 |
145. | Cam Pairs | 537 |
146. | Recapitulation of the Pairs of Rigid Elements | 538 |
147. | Pairs of Elements containing Tension-Organs | 539 |
148. | Pairs of Elements containing Pressure-Organs | 542 |
149. | Recapitulation of the Pairs containing Flectional Elements | 544 |
150. | Determination of the Simple Chains | 545 |
151. | The Screw Chain | 546 |
152. | Cylinder-Chains | 549 |