Elements of technology : taken chiefly from a course of lectures delivered at Cambridge, on the application of the sciences to the useful arts : now published for the use of seminaries and students / by Jacob Bigelow.

  • Bigelow, Jacob, 1786-1879.
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1831, ©1829
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    CONTENTS. CHAPTER If. Of the Materials used in the Arts. Materials from the Mineral Kingdom. Stones and Earths. Marble. page 7. Granite. 8. Sienite. 10. Freestone. Slate. Soapstone. 10. Serpentine. Gypsum. 11. Alabaster. Chalk. Fluor Spar. Flint. Porphyry. 12. Buhr- stone. Novaculite. Precious’ Stones. Emery. 13. Sand. Pumice. 14. Tufa. Peperino. Tripoli. Clay. Asbetus. 15. Cements. Limestone. 16. Puzzolana. 17. Tarras. Other Cements. 18. Maltha. Metals. Iron. Cop- per. 20. Lead. Tin. 21. Mercury. Gold. Silver. Platinum. Zine. 22. Antimony. Bismuth. Arsenic. Manganese. 23. Combustibles, g-c. Bitu- men. Amber. Coal. Anthracite. 24. Graphite. Peat. Sulphur. 25. Materials from the Vegetable Kingdom. Wood. Bark. Oak. 26. Hicko- ry. Ash. Elm. Locust. 27. Wild Cherry. Chesnut. Beech. Basswood. Tulip Tree. 28. Maple. Birch. Button Wood. 29. Persimmon. Black Walnut. Tupelo. Pine. 30. Spruce. Hemlock. White Cedar. Cypress. Larch. 31. Arbor Vite. Red Cedar. Willow. Mahogany. 32. Boxwood. Lignum Vite. Cork. Heinp. Flax. 33. Cotton. 34. Turpentine. Caout- chouc. 35. Oils. 36. Resins. Starch. Gum. 37. Materials from the Animal Kingdom. Skins. Hair and Fur.- Quills, and Feathers. 38. Wool. Silk. 39. Bone and Ivory. Horn. Tortoise Shell. Whale Bone. 40. Glue. Oil. 41. Wax. Phosphorus. 42. . CHAPTER fI: Of the Form, Condition, and Strength of Materials. Modes of Estimation. Stress and Strain. 43. Resistance. Extension. 44, Compression. 45. Lateral Strain. Stiffness. 46. Tubes. Strength. 47. Place of Strain. Incipient Fracture. Resilience. 48. Shape of Timber. Torsion. Limit of Bulk. 49. Practical Remarks. 50.