Download or read book Lockwood's Dictionary of Terms Used in the Practice of Mechanical Engineering (Classic Reprint) written by Joseph Gregory Horner and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-21 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Lockwood's Dictionary of Terms Used in the Practice of Mechanical Engineering IN this little book I propose to offer to the Draughtsman, Pattern maker, Moulder, Smith, Boiler-maker, Fitter, Turner, Erector, and Engineer's Storekeeper a ready means of obtaining or verify ing the meaning of terms in use in other departments than his own, and which, owing to the ever-widening gulf which separates one class of workmen from the rest, are seldom familiar to those outside of that particular department in which the terms are in\use. I ven\ture to think that the engineer's pupil beginning his practical studies, and the amateur worker, neither of whom can possibly know the sense of many of the terms which they meet with in their technical books and journals, will also find it profitable to turn to a book of this character for definite information thereupon. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.