Albert W. Smith
Machine Design
Hardcover
(Forgotten Books Sept. 15, 2017)
Excerpt from Machine DesignOne can never become a machine designer by studying books. Much help may come from books, but the true designer must have judgment, ripened by experience, in. Constructing and operating machines. One may know the laws that govern the development, transmission and application of energy; may have knowledge of constructive materials; may know how to obtain results by mathematical processes, and yet be unable to design a good machine. There is also needed a knowledge of many things connected with manufacture, transportation, erection and operation. With this knowledge it is possible to take results of computation and accept, reject and modify until a machine is produced that will do the required work satisfactorily.Professor John E. Sweet once said, It is comparatively easy to design a good new machine, but it is very hard to design a machine that will be good when it is old. A machine must not only do its work at first, but must continue to do it with a minimum of repairs as long as the work needs to be done. The designer must be able to foresee the results of machine operation; he must have imagination. This is an inborn power, but it may be developed by use and by engineering experience.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
- ISBN
- 1528049829 / 9781528049825
- Pages
- 522
- Weight
- 30.4 oz.
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 1.1 in.
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