James White

A New Century of Inventions


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       James White

      A New Century of Inventions

      Being Designs & Descriptions of One Hundred Machines, Relating to Arts, Manufactures, & Domestic Life

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664621740

       PREFACE.

       PART FIRST.

       A DYNAMOMETER; OR, Machine for measuring Power and resistance while in Motion .

       OF A NEW KIND OF BARREL SPRING, To lengthen the going of Clocks, Jacks, &c.

       OF A PARALLEL MOTION, Being a combination of the Crank with the Epicycloid .

       OF A SYSTEM OF CONCENTRIC PULLEYS, Already known as White’s Patent Pulleys .

       OF A POWER-WHEEL, Turned by heated Air, Gas, &c.

       OF AN EQUABLE PUMP, Or Machine for raising Water without interruption or concussion .

       OF A SIMPLE MACHINE, For Protracting the Motions of Weight-Machinery .

       OF AN INSTRUMENT For drawing Portions of Circles, and finding their Centres by inspection .

       OF AN INCLINED HORSE WHEEL, Intended to save room and gain speed .

       OF A DIFFERENTIAL COMBINATION OF WHEELS, To count very high numbers, or gain immense power .

       OF A CRANE, Which combines VARIABLE POWERS with speed and safety .

       OF A DIRECT AND DIFFERENTIAL PRESS, With two Powers: of which ONE immense .

       OF A PERISTALTIC MACHINE, For raising much Water to small heights .

       OF A DRAYMAN’S CANTER, Or inclined Plane with increased Power .

       OF A PERPETUAL WEDGE MACHINE, Being a simple Method of gaining Power.

       OF A DROPPING-WEIGHT-MOVER; Or Machine for lengthening the Time of going of a Clock, Jack, or other Weight-Machine .

       OF A MACHINE, To promote Evaporation, with or without Heat .

       OF A CUTTING OR GRATING MACHINE, For Green Roots, Tobacco, &c.

       OF A SCREW, With greatly diminished Friction .

       OF A SIMPLE AND POWERFUL MICROMETER.

       SYNOPSIS, (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER) OF THE CENTURY OF INVENTIONS COMPOSING THIS WORK.

       ERRATA.

       PART SECOND.

       INTRODUCTION.

       MEMOIR ON A NEW SYSTEM OF COG OR TOOTHED WHEELS,

       OF THE CUTTING ENGINE, To form Spur-wheels, on my late Patent principle .

       OF A DOOR-SPRING, To keep a Door strongly closed, yet suffer it to be opened easily .

       OF A DRAW-BENCH, For making my twisted Pinions .

       OF A GEERING CHAIN, Formed to work in the Patent Wheels .

       OF A SERPENTINE BOAT OR VESSEL, To lessen the Expence of Traction, &c.

       OF A MACHINE For destroying, or lessening Friction .

       OF A SECOND MACHINE, To avoid or diminish Friction .

       OF AN EQUILIBRIUM COCK, To prevent abrasion and leakage .

       OF A MACHINE To communicate and suspend Motion .

       OF A MACHINE To set on, and suspend, rapid Motions .

       OF A MACHINE For forging Screws, Beads, &c.

       OF A DIFFERENTIAL STEEL-YARD, To weigh vast Weights with short Levers .

       OF A RETROGRAPH, Or a Machine to write backwards, for Engravers .

       OF AN EYE MACHINE, Or Machine for making the Eyes of Hooks and Eyes .

       OF A VENTILATOR, Rotatory yet by pressure .

       OF A COMBINATION OF WHEELS To raise Water .