 | Alexander Ziwet - Mechanics, Analytic - 1904 - 522 pages
...constraint of the motions of the parts of a machine. Thus Professor Kennedy defines a machine as " a combination of resistant bodies whose relative motions...may be transformed into any special form of work." With the latter clause of this definition we are not at present concerned ; it will be considered in... | |
 | Henry Adams - Engineering - 1907 - 594 pages
...reactions. A machine is a combination of resistant bodies, whose relative motions are completely restrained, and by means of which the natural energies at our...disposal may be transformed into any special form of work.—PROF. KENNEDY. A mechanism consists of a combination of simple links, arranged so as to give... | |
 | Andrew Jamieson - Mechanical engineering - 1910 - 436 pages
...statical or from a kinematical point of view. Regarded Statically, it is an instrument for changing the magnitude, direction, or place of application...following mechanisms : — 1. The Lever and Fulcrum. 2. The Pulley. 3. The Wheel and Axle. 4. The Inclined Plane. 5. The Wedge. 6. The Screw. In reality,... | |
 | Patent laws and legislation - 1916 - 214 pages
...statute. A machine is a combination of resistant bodies whose relative motions are completely restrained, and by means of which the natural energies at our...may be transformed into any special form of work. It comprises moving parts having a law of motion. The term "manufacture" or "article of manufacture"... | |
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Or, a machine may be defined to be a combination of resistant bodies whose relative motions are completely constrained, and by means of which the natural energies at our disposal may be transformed into any special form of work. 
