Hoisting and Conveying Machinery

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- List of Contributors and Revisors -- CONTENTS -- I. Load and Movement of Load -- II. Fundamental Principles of Dynamics -- III. Elements of Lifting machinery -- IV. Iron Constructions and Statics -- V. Materials of Construction and their Strength -- VI. Driving Gears and Control -- VII. Gears and Gearing -- VIII. Simple Lifting Tackle -- IX. Winches -- X. Cranes -- XI. Tracks and Rails -- XII. Lifts, Elevators -- XIII. Conveying and Transporting Devices -- XIV. Stores and Warehouses -- XV. Rope Haulage -- Alphabetical Index, giving the Page and Column in which each word is to be found -- a) German, English, French, Italian and Spanish in one alphabet -- b) Russian