507 Mechanical Movements
by Henry T. Brown · first published 1991
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This compendium of ingenious mechanisms employs simple drawings to explain 507 of the small components that constitute complex machinery. Left-hand pages feature illustrations, and facing pages offer brief descriptions of use and operation. Ranging from simple to complex, the mechanisms include cranks, pulleys, drills, wheels, and screws. - Back cover. The want of a comprehensive collection of illustrations and descriptions of mechanical movements has long been seriously felt by artisans, inventors, and students of the mechanic arts. It was the knowledge of this want which induced the compi
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on “Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements (1908)” ↗There are several editions of 507 Mechanical Movements available on the Internet Archive. I was so impressed with this little book that about a decade ago I downloaded the PDF and turned it into a properly bound book. Here's the 1871 edition on the IA:…
on “507 Mechanical Movements (1868)” ↗Although not animated, the book makes for delightful bathroom reading: https://www.amazon.com/507-Mechanical-Movements-Mechanisms-D...
on “Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements (1908)” ↗…a public-domain version of the Machinery's Handbook (135 MB), Reuleaux's Kinematics of Machinery (86 MB), Reuleaux's The Constructor (40 MB), Roe's English and American Tool Builders (19 MB), Brown's 507 Mechanical Movements (18 MB), and Fox's The Mechanism of Weaving (32 MB), each using the best-quality scan available (ideally one of the Internet Archive's "Scribe" scans rather than the shoddy Google Books scans that are…
on “Scarcity Truthers” ↗…underlying book [1]. There are many similar books, such as "A Victorian Handbook of Mechanical Movements" [2], and "1800 Mechanical Movements, Devices and Appliances" [3]. [1] http://www.amazon.com/507-Mechanical-Movements-Mechanisms-De... [2] http://www.amazon.com/dp/0486498123 [3] http://www.amazon.com/Mechanical-Movements-Devices-Appliance...
on “Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements” ↗For those interested in these kind of mechanical things, Dover has republished some 19th and early 20th century public domain books that collected together mechanical movements. Some examples: "507 Mechanical Movements: Mechanisms and Devices" by Henry T. Brown, from 1868: http://www.amazon.com/507-Mechanical-Movements-Mechanisms-De... "1800 Mechanical Movements, Devices and Appliances" by Gardner D. Hiscox, first…
on “Understand 1,700 Mechanical Linkages with These Helpful Animations” ↗Since both of these are in the public domain, you can legally print your own copy, which is more convenient for some people. Google Books has scanned the 507 Mechanical Movements book, although their search engine is terrible at finding things like that on their own site; one copy is available from http://www.pdnotebook.com/wp-content/themes/thesis_16/custom.... The other, longer…
on “Understand 1,700 Mechanical Linkages with These Helpful Animations” ↗Cool! Something like this is the first thought I had when I saw the old book "507 Mechanical Movements in Dynamics, Hydraulics, Hydrostatics, Pneumatics, Steam Engines, Mill and Other Gearing" on HN a few months ago[1]. 1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5660770
on “Show HN: Sketch, connect and simulate gears and chains” ↗The kindle edition https://www.amazon.com/507-Mechanical-Movements-Mechanisms-D...
on “Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements (1908)” ↗online edition of 507 Mechanical Movement.[0] book : https://www.amazon.com/Mechanical-Engineering-Makers-Hands-D... [0] : http://wiki.dtonline.org/index.php/507_Mechanical_Movements
on “Ask HN: Good teen books/sites/resources for mechanisms?” ↗…book made into sites with animations/interaction --- the another classic and notable example is: https://mathcs.clarku.edu/~djoyce/java/elements/elements.htm... Really wish that the folks doing the 507 Mechanical Movements would finish the balance of the animations. Curious if folks are aware of other similar text/website combinations which are still extant (many others such as Bembo's Zoo are no longer available, and…
on “507 Mechanical Movements” ↗