How to Draw a Straight Line (Classic Reprint): A Lecture on Linkages - Couverture souple

Alfred Bray Kempe

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1332017029 ISBN 13 : 9781332017027

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Discover how to move from circles to straight lines with precision. This overview of linkages explains a practical approach to drawing exact straight motion, using simple components and clear reasoning. It presents how early ideas evolved into mechanisms that produce smooth, accurate movement, even without a ready-made straight-edge.

The text frames the problem, compares methods, and shows how varying pivots, links, and tracing points can create reliable straight-line motion. It balances practical demonstrations with the ideas behind the workings, offering insight into the design of machines and instruments that rely on precise guidance of moving parts.

• How circling and straight-line motion relate in mechanical systems


• Counts of pieces, pivots, and distances that determine motion paths


• Extensions and special linkages that enlarge, reduce, or rotate traces


• Historical notes on the development of these ideas and their practical value

Ideal for readers of engineering history and anyone curious about how clever linkages solve real-world problems.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Excerpt from How to Draw a Straight Line: A Lecture on Linkages

This Lecture was one of the series delivered to science teachers last summer in connection with the Loan Collection of Scientific Apparatus. I have taken the opportunity afforded by its publication to slightly enlarge it and to add several notes. For the illustrations I am indebted to my brother, Mr. H. R. Kempe, without whose able and indefatigable co-operation in drawing them and in constructing the models furnished by me to the Loan Collection I could hardly have undertaken the delivery of the Lecture, and still less its publication.

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1332017029
• ISBN 13: 9781332017027
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 65
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