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1800 Mechanical Movements, Devices and Appliances (Dover Science Books) Paperback – Illustrated, February 27, 2007

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A fascinating compendium of early-twentieth-century mechanical devices, this wide-ranging work covers a variety of applications. More than 1,800 engravings — ranging from simple diagrams to detailed cross-sections — illustrate the workings of each item, from simple hooks and levers to complex machinery used in steam, motive, hydraulic, air, and electric power, navigation, gearing, clocks, mining, construction, and more.
Compiled as a ready reference for inventors, students of mechanics, artisans, and other workers, this volume features only minimal text. Its true value lies in its wealth of illustrated information, offering the quickest and most satisfactory method of conveying the exact conditions of mechanical action and construction.
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    5.48 x 0.81 x 8.45 inches
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Dover Publications; Enlarged 16th edition (February 27, 2007)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 416 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0486457435
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0486457437
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.48 x 0.81 x 8.45 inches
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Mr. Des Bromilow
5.0 out of 5 stars excellent source book for ideas in mechanical design
Reviewed in the United States on April 10, 2012
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basically this is a vast collection of various mechanical designs, showing how previous people have solved problems. There is little critique of the designs, so some may prove weak, or difficult, but it is an excellent sourcebook for ideas. in this age of CAD and modelling, it's not hard to take ideas from this book, and test them in your designs. There is some repetition in the designs (less than 5% of the designs) but once you look at the designs there are subtle differences which may matter in your work.
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Jonathan
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb examples of brilliant key features in engineering
Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2014
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Very nice book on basic engineering. This should be a compulsory textbook for schools teaching physics or applied mathematics. Actually, it should be introduced far earlier. None of this is complex stuff, almost everything can be built with children's construction kits, allowing them to get on with dicovering the exciting rather than (literally) re-inventing the wheel, the pulley, the gear, ....
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Rizwan Khan
4.0 out of 5 stars nice work - great book
Reviewed in the United States on September 7, 2023
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excellent work
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Sotto voce
5.0 out of 5 stars 1800 thought puzzles for the mechanically inclined
Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2014
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I keep buying this book. I keep it at my desk and give it away every year or so to young engineers anxious to reinvent mechanical solutions. Here is fodder for the seeking mind.

I've consulted these old designs for over 50 years to consider solutions. The trained eye, personal experience and the need to bring solve mechanical problems make these old books relevant. Some solutions are elegant, some are fraught with inefficiency that make them their own sort of application curious, all of the designs have worked for their purpose to make the collection.

The visual enjoyment and puzzle aspect to visualize just how these solutions work make them fun. No need to reinvent the variable transverse drive.
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D. Evan Roberts
5.0 out of 5 stars I really liked this book, neat cross section of devices and well organized.
Reviewed in the United States on November 26, 2012
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I love these types of books that give a brief (1 paragraph) and diagram about some machine used in the past (1700's, 1800's, 1900's). I have probably 8 other books of this kind. This book had some devices, that I had not seen before. It does not give the details of size, shape, how to make, how to use. Just a diagram.

If you like mechanical devices, this is a good book for you. If you are looking for plans or directions on how to build mechanical devices this isn't the best source.
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Ekimsnilloc
5.0 out of 5 stars I love this book and all of the drawings, as a mechanical engineer, this is a must have!
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2015
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Being a mechanical engineer, this little handbook is awesome for a bathroom companion!

I always used to break open everything in order to figure out how it worked at the fundamental level, and then my parents bought me K'Nex and Legos so I wouldn't break as many devices around the house lol.

When I got into college, I realized that 'mechanical engineering' is basically a grown up version of playing with K'nex and I couldn't have been happier with my choice!

Now this book entertains me for hours!
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Last traveller
4.0 out of 5 stars Lots of samples, low on details
Reviewed in the United States on April 21, 2013
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In order to fit all these examples in one book the amount of description for each item is rather brief.

The other book I ordered, "507 Mechanical Movements: Mechanisms and Devices (Dover Science Books)" has much better descriptions. A few items in that book are still a bit brief, but overall it's a better book.

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Getting further into the book, there are a lot of simple devices do ok with the short descriptions, it's mainly any more complicated device that suffers. You might have a single small cross section of an entire machine with a two sentence description.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very entertaining book, you will keep going back to for inspiration
Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2017
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If you like mechanical contraptions of all kinds this is a book you will enjoy. The text is very limited so you will have to exercise your inner mechanical genius to figure out how things work, which in reality is not that difficult in most cases.
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Samuel Dore
5.0 out of 5 stars Very detailed book.
Reviewed in Canada on June 30, 2023
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Good book, but a bigger one with wider image would have been better.
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Alejandro Zenteno
5.0 out of 5 stars Libro útil
Reviewed in Mexico on June 10, 2023
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Para los que les gusta la Mecanica, es un libro muy útil para a aprender de los principios de mecanismos
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Jonathan
5.0 out of 5 stars An amazing collection
Reviewed in Sweden on May 25, 2023
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To start off, the book is a cheap pocket book, which it is also meant to be, but the content is an amazing collection of mechanical contraptions and devices with a brief description, and general equations. It's a great gift for the aspiring engineering student, and even a great purchase for the engineer to flip through.
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Robert HK
2.0 out of 5 stars Peut mieux faire
Reviewed in France on January 18, 2023
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1) La description des machines est plus que succinct et les images sont petites. Pas très utile donc, mis à part pour feuilleter dans le but de trouver une recherche intéressante à faire sur Wikipedia.

2) La qualité de l'impression sur mon exemplaire est mauvaise : c'est effacé, comme si la presse à imprimer commençait à manquer d'encre.

3) La dernière entrée est numéroté 1665. Si l'on en croit la quatrième de couverture, 1800 indiquerait le nombre d'images et schémas. La couverture semble donc un peu trompeuse.
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Blue Electrical Solutions Limited
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book in concise format
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 23, 2020
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After reading some reviews I was hesitant in ordering this book, but I did and I am glad I did. Some criticism was aimed at small size and lack of description of each mechanism, BUT, this contains 1800 mechanical movements, YES 1800, the book would have to be as big as a house to contain comprehensive detail and diagrams on 1800 mechanisms.

As an off the shelf reference book or just to thumb though while enjoying a coffee, this is a great book, the concise nature of each diagram and description means it covers an immense range of mechanical movements and I suspect I will be thumbing through this book in quiet moments for many months.
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