PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

I. INTRODUCTION.

II. RIVETED JOINTS.

III. SCREWS, BOLTS, AND NUTS.

IV. KEYS.

V. SHAFTING.

VI. SHAFT COUPLINGS.

VII. BEARINGS FOR SHAFTS.

VIII. PULLEYS.

IX. TOOTHED WHEELS.

X. CRANKS AND CRANKED SHAFTS.

XI. ECCENTRICS.

XII. CONNECTING RODS.

XIII. CROSS-HEADS.

XIV. PISTONS.

XV. STUFFING-BOXES.

XVI. VALVES.

XVII. MATERIALS USED IN MACHINE CONSTRUCTION.

XVIII. MISCELLANEOUS EXERCISES.

APPENDIX A. SCIENCE AND ART DEPARTMENT, SOUTH KENSINGTON.

APPENDIX B. EXAMINATION PAPERS SET BY THE SCIENCE AND ART

INDEX

TEXT-BOOKS OF SCIENCE

SCIENTIFIC CLASS-BOOKS.

LONGMANS' ELEMENTARY SCIENCE MANUALS.

BY

DAVID ALLAN LOW

(WHITWORTH SCHOLAR), M. INST. M.E.

HEAD MASTER OF THE PEOPLE'S PALACE TECHNICAL SCHOOLS, LONDON
AUTHOR OF 'A TEXT-BOOK ON PRACTICAL SOLID OR DESCRIPTIVE GEOMETRY'
'AN ELEMENTARY TEXT-BOOK OF APPLIED MECHANICS' ETC.