Fly-Wheels - Machinery's Reference Series - Number 40

Fly-Wheels - Machinerys Reference Series is a detailed guide to fly-wheels being a handy reference of their calculations design workings and much more. A flywheel is a mechanical device designed to store rotational energy and resist changes in rotational speed through their moment of inertia. Its invention is attributed to the development of the steam engine during the industrial revolution. Contents include: Fly-wheels Their Purpose Calculation and Design Fly-wheel Tests Safe Speed for Fly-wheels Size Weight and Capacity of Fly-Wheels for Punches Simplified Methods for Fly-wheel Calculations and Fly-Wheel for Motor-Driven Planers. This volume is highly recommended for those with an interest in fly-wheels and it would make for a superb addition to collections of vintage engineering literature. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable modern high-quality edition complete with the original text and artwork.