Mechanical Drawing Self-Taught Comprising instructions in the selection and preparation of drawing instruments, elementary instruction in practical mechanical drawing; together with examples in simple geometry and elementary mechanism, including screw threads, gear wheels, mechanical motions, engines and boilers

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EXAMPLES OF ENGINE WORK.

Drawings of an automatic high speed engine; side and end views of the engine; vertical section of the cylinder through the valve face 289

Valve motion; governor 292

Pillow box, block crank-pin, wheel and main journal 294

Side and edge view of the connecting rod 295

A two hundred horse power horizontal steam boiler for a stationary engine; cross sectional view of the boiler shell 296

Side elevation, end view of the boiler, and setting 297

Working drawings of a one hundred horse power engine; plan and side view of the bed plate, with the main bearing and guide bars; cross sections of the bed plate; side elevation of the cylinder, with end view of the same 299

Steam chest side and horizontal cross section of the cylinder; steam chest and the valves; cam wrist plate and cut-off mechanism; shaft for the cam plate; cross head; side view and section through the centre of the eccentric and strap 301

Construction of the connecting rod 303

INDEX 305

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MECHANICAL DRAWING

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