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The How and Why of Mechanical Movements: Exactly How Machines Work: Engines, Turbines, Transmissions, Brakes, Clutches, Rockets, Atomic Generators, Gyroscopes, Guidance Systems
The How and Why of Mechanical Movements Exactly How Machines Work Engines Turbines Transmissions Brakes Clutches Rockets Atomic Generators Gyroscopes Guidance Systems
Author: Harry Walton
This book is a wonderful introduction to mechanics for poets. It goes from the simplest kinds of machines (levers, inclined planes, wheels) to gyroscopes. Each chapter shows what kinds of inventions use these machines in combination with others of its kind or with different simple machines. All kinds of modern machines are laid out and made comp...  more »
ISBN: 309647
Publication Date: 1968
Pages: 297
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Publisher: Popular Science Pub. Co
Book Type: Hardcover
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