Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements, now Animated for the Internet.

This is an online edition of the classic technical reference Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements by Henry T. Brown. This site contains the original illustrations and text from the 21st …

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.

Mechanical Movement 101 101. Rectilinear motion of horizontal bar, by means of vibrating slotted bar hung from the top.

Miscellaneous movements, 101, 120, 153, 172, 173, 196, 203, 209, 210, 217, 218, 232, 235, 247, 252, 261, 262, 263, 265, 273, 281, 282, 348, 360, 368, 385, 390, 391, 415, 417, 447, 469, 484.

Mechanical Movement 502 502. An “epicyclic train.” Any train of gearing the axes of the wheels of which revolve around a common center is properly known by this name. The wheel at one end of such a …

Mechanical Movement 94 94. Variable crank, two circular plates revolving on the same center. In one a spiral groove is cut; in the other a series of slots radiating from the center. On turning one of these …

Mechanical Movement 501 501. Mercurial barometer. Longer leg of bent tube, against which is marked the scale of inches, is closed at top, and shorter one is open to the atmosphere, or merely covered …

“Ferguson’s mechanical paradox,” designed to show a curious property of the epicyclic train. The wheel, A, is fixed upon a stationary stud about which the arm, C, D, revolves.

Mechanical Movement 100 100. Quick return crank motion, applicable to shaping machines.