Mechanical movements, powers and devices; a treatise describing mechanical movements and devices used in constructive and operative machinery and the mechanical arts, being practically a mechanical dictionary, commencing with a rudimentary description of the early known mechanical powers and detailing the various motions, appliances and inventions used in the mechanical arts to the present time, including a chapter on straight line movements, by Gardner D. Hiscox (1914)
Hiscox, Gardner Dexter, 1822?-1908 · New York, The Norman W. Henley publishing co. · leaf 384
1542. ARTIFICIAL LEG AND FOOT.—Mostingenious combinations of movements are made inproducing artificial limbs, not easily explained with-out a model. … 1543. MEAN TIME SUNDIAL.—Thelength of the stile is made to just cover theentire range of the suns altitude at the dis-tance of the scale on the hour circle. Itsshape and size to be proportionate to the sunsequation of time as marked on the scale.When the sun is fast the reading should be onthe…
Mechanical movements
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