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Mechanical engineering

Here are entered works relating to the application of the principles of mechanics to the design, construction, and operation of machinery. Works relating to the application of the principles of mechanics to engineering structures not of the nature of machines are entered under the heading Mechanics, Applied.

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• Engineering, Mechanical

• Stability of Ships and Other Bodies (online editions; latest version c2021), by Genick Bar-Meir (PDF files with commentary at zenodo.org)
• Entertainment Engineering (Pittsburgh: ETC Press, c2013), by John W. Wesner (PDF with commentary at CMU)
• Process Equipment Design (second printing; New York: D. Van Nostrand Co., 1945), by Herman C. Hesse and J. Henry Rushton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cyclopedia of Mechanical Engineering: A General Reference Work on Machine Shop Practice, Tool Making, Forging, Pattern Making, Foundry, Work, Metallurgy, Steam Boilers and Engines, Gas Producers, Gas Engines, Automobiles, Elevators, Refrigeration, Sheet Metal Work, Mechanical Drawing, Machine Design, Etc. (7 volumes; Chicago: American School of Correspondence, c1908), ed. by Howard Monroe Raymond (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spons' Mechanics Own Book: A Manual for Handicraftsmen and Amateurs (London: E. and F. N. Spon, 1886) (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Education for the Manufacturing World of the Future (1985), by National Academy of Engineering (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Computer Integration of Engineering Design and Production: A National Opportunity, by National Research Council Committee on the CAD/CAM Interface (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Computer Integration of Engineering Design and Production: A National Opportunity, by National Research Council Committee on the CAD/CAM Interface (page images with commentary at NAP)
• Engineering and the Advancement of Human Welfare: 10 Outstanding Achievements, 1964-1989, by National Academy of Engineering (page images with commentary at NAP)

• Shape Interrogation for Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing (hyperbook edition, 2009), by N. M. Patrikalakis, Takashi Maekawa, and Wonjoon Cho (illustrated HTML at MIT)

• Appletons' Cyclopaedia of Applied Mechanics: A Dictionary of Mechanical Engineering and the Mechanical Arts (2 volumes; New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1880), ed. by Park Benjamin
  • Volume I: multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II: multiple formats at archive.org
• Knight's American Mechanical Dictionary (3 volumes; Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1882), by Edward H. Knight
  • Volume I (A-Gas): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume II (Gas-Rea): multiple formats at archive.org
  • Volume III (Rea-Zym): multiple formats at archive.org

• Les Raisons des Forces Mouuantes Avec Diverses Machines Tant Utilles Que Plaisantes: Aus Quelles Sont Adioints Plusieurs Desseings de Grotes et Fontaines (in French; Frankfurt: I. Norton, 1615), by Salomon de Caus (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Machinery's Encyclopedia: A Work of Reference Covering Practical Mathematics And Mechanics, Machine Design, Machine Construction And Operation, Electrical, Gas, Hydraulic, And Steam Power Machinery, Metallurgy, And Kindred Subjects in the Engineering Field (New York: Industrial Press; London: Machinery Pub. Co., 1917), ed. by Erik Oberg and Franklin D. Jones (page images at HathiTrust)

• Electromechanical Energy Conversion (New York et al.: McGraw-Hill, 1962), by Samuel Seely (page images at HathiTrust)

• Direct and Alternating Current Machinery (New York et al.: McGraw-Hill Book Co., c1963), by Jack Rosenblatt and M. Harold Friedman (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Application of Tensors to the Analysis of Rotating Electrical Machinery (first edition (16 parts); Schenectady, NY: General Electric Review, c1938), by Gabriel Kron (page images at HathiTrust)

• Principles of Alternating Current Machinery (second edition, 1921), by Ralph R. Lawrence (PDF at djm.cc)
• Problems in Alternating Current Machinery (first edition, 1914), by Waldo V. Lyon (PDF at djm.cc)
• Winding Alternating-Current Machines: A Book for Winders, Repairmen, and Designers of Electric Machines (New York et al.: Van Nostrand, c1950), by Michael Liwschitz-Garik, contrib. by Celso Gentilini (page images at HathiTrust)

• Basic Synchros and Servomechanisms (2 volumes; New York: J. F. Rider, c1955), by Nooger & Neville Van Valkenburgh (page images at HathiTrust)

• Electrical Connections (Atlanta: W. R. C. Smith Pub. Co., c1909), by John Corliss Kahl and Lindon A. Cole (page images at HathiTrust)

• Elektrotechnik und Maschinenbau (in German) (partial serial archives)

• Transmission of Power; Polyphase System; Tesla Patents (Pittsburgh: Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co., ca. 1893), by Nikola Tesla (page images at HathiTrust)

• Winding Alternating-Current Machines: A Book for Winders, Repairmen, and Designers of Electric Machines (New York et al.: Van Nostrand, c1950), by Michael Liwschitz-Garik, contrib. by Celso Gentilini (page images at HathiTrust)

• Control System Components (New York et al.: McGraw-Hill, 1958), by John E. Gibson and Franz B. Tuteur (page images at HathiTrust)

• Magnetic Amplifiers: Theory and Application (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1958), by Sidney Platt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Magnetic-Amplifier Circuits: Basic Principles, Characteristics, and Applications (New York et al.: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1954), by William A. Geyger (page images at HathiTrust)
• Static Electromagnetic Devices (Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1963), by William T. Hunt and Robert Stein (page images at HathiTrust)

• Control System Components (New York et al.: McGraw-Hill, 1958), by John E. Gibson and Franz B. Tuteur (page images at HathiTrust)

• Wind-Tunnel Investigation at Supersonic Speeds of a Canard-Controlled Missile with Fixed and Free-Rolling Tail Fins (NASA Technical Paper 1316; 1978), by A. B. Blair (page images at HathiTrust)

• Single-Phase Commutator Motors (London: Whittaker and Co., 1906), by Franklin Punga, trans. by R. F. Looser (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Magnetic Circuits and Transformers: A First Course for Power and Communication Engineers (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, c1943), by Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Electrical Engineering (page images at HathiTrust)
• Auto-Transformer Design: A Practical Handbook for Manufacturers, Contractors, and Wiremen (London: E. and F. N. Spon, Ltd.; New York: Spon and Chamberlain, 1909), by Alfred H. Avery (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Static Electromagnetic Devices (Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1963), by William T. Hunt and Robert Stein (page images at HathiTrust)
• R-L-C Components Handbook (New York: J. F. Rider, c1959), by Mark David
  • page images at HathiTrust
  • PDF at worldradiohistory.com

• L-C Oscillators (New York: J. F. Rider, c1957), ed. by Alexander Schure
  • PDF at worldradiohistory.com
  • page images at HathiTrust
• The Oscillator at Work (New York: J. F. Rider, c1940), by John F. Rider (PDF at worldradiohistory.com)

• The Flexural Bar Transducer (Newport, RI: Naval Underwater Systems Center, ca. 1986), by Ralph Storrer Woollett (page images at HathiTrust)

• Machinery's Handbook For Machine Shop and Drafting Room: A Reference Book on Machine Design and Shop Practice for the Mechanical Engineer, Draftsman, Toolmaker and Machinist (fifth edition; New York: Industrial Press; London: Machinery Pub. Co., 1915) (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Mechanical Engineers' Pocket-Book (9th edition, second printing; New York: J. Wiley and Sons; London: Chapman and Hall, ca. 1917), by William Kent and Robert Thurston Kent (multiple formats at archive.org)

• Archive of Mechanical Engineering (partial serial archives)
• Machinery (American periodical, 1894-1973) (partial serial archives)
• American Machinist (partial serial archives)
• Journal of the Brazilian Society of Mechanical Sciences (partial serial archives)
• The Mechanical Engineer, ed. by William H. Fowler (full serial archives)
• The Brown Boveri Review (partial serial archives)

• Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements (20th edition; New York: Brown and Seward, 1903), by Henry T. Brown (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements (online animated edition, based on the 21st edition of 1908), by Henry T. Brown, contrib. by Matt Keveney (Javascript-dependent HTML and images at 507movements.com)

• Process Engineering Economics (New York et al.: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1955), by Herbert E. Schweyer (page images at HathiTrust)

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