Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, Volume 1McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1924 - Mechanical engineering |
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Page 519 - If the percentage of elongation of any tension test specimen is less than that specified in Section 6 (a) and any part of the fracture is more than } in.
Page 306 - It is impossible by means of inanimate material agency to derive mechanical effect from any portion of matter by cooling it below the temperature of the coldest of the surrounding objects.
Page 519 - ... (c) If the percentage of elongation of any tension test specimen is less than that specified and any part of the fracture is more than $ in.
Page 57 - Dry Measure. — 2 pints = 1 quart; 8 quarts = 1 peck; 4 pecks = 1 bushel.
Page 114 - Every circumference of a. circle, whether the circle be large or small, is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts called degrees. Each degree is divided into 60 equal parts called minutes, and each minute into 60 equal parts called seconds.
Page 442 - M = moment of resistance, or bending moment in general. A = steel area, b = breadth of beam, d = depth of beam to center of steel, k = ratio of depth of neutral axis to effective depth d. z = depth of resultant compression below top.
Page 57 - Circular Measure 60 seconds =1 minute 60 minutes = 1 degree 90 degrees = 1 quadrant 360 degrees — circumference 57.2957795 degrees...
Page 519 - J£ in. from the center of the gage length, as indicated by scribe scratches marked on the specimen before testing, a retest shall be allowed.
Page 123 - A conic section is the locus of a point which moves so that its distance from a fixed point, called the focus, is in a constant ratio to its distance from a fixed straight line, called the directrix.
Page 287 - Vise of the heat required to raise the temperature of 1 Ib of water from 32 F to 212 F at a constant atmospheric pressure.