A manual of the mechanics of engineering and of the construction of machines. Designed as a text-book for technical schools and colleges, and for the use of engineers, architects, etc. (1878)
Weisbach, Julius Ludwig, 1806-1871, Du Bois, A. Jay (Augustus Jay), 1849-1915, Buel, Richard H. (Richard Hooker), b. 1842 · New York. J. Wiley & Sons, 1878- · leaf 21
spring B F. This leverG D H has two unequalarms G D and H D, andturns about a pivot at D.The arm H D carries acurved rack, which engageswith a toothed wheel R,which revolves upon theaxis C, and thus moves apointer Z Z, which passesover a dial. Any increase ofheat thus causes, by reasonof the… … Remark.—Holzmanns metallic thermometer does not essentially differfrom the quadrant thermometer described above. (See Anfangsgrilnde derPhysik, by Scholz, § 294.) Oechsles metallic thermometer consists of a spi-ral spring composed of steel and brass strips. Here the outer end of thespring is fixed…
Mechanics, Applied · Mechanical engineering
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