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Synopsis
Excerpt from Principles of Mechanism: A Treatise on the Modification of Motion, by Means of the Elementary Combinations of Mechanism, or of the Parts of Machines, for Use in College Classes, by Mechanical Engineers, Etc;, Etc
IN working out the design, drawings, and specifications for a machine, the form, strength, and motion Of the various parts must be determined, the last being the Object Of the Principles of Mechanism.
In Principles of Mechanism we find the application to machines, Of the principles of Kinematics, or Cinematics, the elementary combinations of mechanism of which machines, being studied separately.
A Machine may be defined as a combination of fixed and mov ing parts or devices, so disposed and connected as to transmit or modify force and motion for securing some useful result.
The fixed parts constitute the frame or supports for the moving parts.
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