Displaying 1 of 1 1969 Format: Book Author: Burstall, Aubrey F., 1902-1984. Title: Simple working models of historic machines; easily made by the reader [by] Aubrey F. Burstall. Publisher, Date: Cambridge, M.I.T. Press [1969, ©1968] Description: 79 pages illustrations 23 cm Summary: 35 machines are divided into six general groups: ancient machine tools, lifting devices, mechanisms, machines for pumping and water raising, blowing machines, and heat engines. Subjects: Machinery -- Models. Contents: Materials and tools for making working models of machines (Basic equipment -- Proportional dividers -- Drawings -- Improvised equipment) -- Some ancient machine tools (Bow drill -- Pump drill -- Bow lathe -- Pole and tread lathe -- The great wheel -- Leonardo's lathe -- Hero's screw cutter -- Screw generating device -- The Oliver) -- Lifting devices (Lever and slip knot -- The simple pulley -- Simple pulley with ratchet and pawl -- Multiple pulleys -- The Chinese windlass -- The Arabian grappling device -- Shadouf -- The Chinese spoon-tilt hammer -- The Cornish man engine) -- Mechanisms (Coin-in-the-slot machine -- The Greek puppet theatre mechanism -- The Chinese south-pointing chariot -- Foliot and verge escapement -- The wrapping escapement) -- Machines for pumping and water raising (Archimedean snail -- Tympanum -- Ctesibian pump -- The rag and chain pump -- The suction pump -- The cow pump -- The diaphragm pump -- The hydraulic ram) -- Blowing machines (The valveless bellows -- The Chinese double-acting blower) -- Heat engines (Temple doors -- Hero's whirling Aeolipile). LCCN: 78076448 Other Number: 19272 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 9825 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 621.8 Burstall Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Displaying 1 of 1
