A Compendium of Mechanisms and Machines

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      Preface
      Introduction
      Chapter 1: The planar four-bar linkage
      Chapter 2: The planar slider-crank linkage and its inversions
      Chapter 3: Planar four-link mechanisms with two rotational and two translational joints
      Chapter 4: Engines, compressors, and pumps
      Chapter 5: Ground vehicle systems
      Chapter 6: Human powered vehicles
      Chapter 7: Personal mobility and other small-powered vehicles
      Chapter 8: Watercraft and aerial vehicle systems
      Chapter 9: Excavators, bulldozers, and loaders
      Chapter 10: Cranes, telehandlers, and aerial work platforms
      Chapter 11: Manipulators and robotic systems
      Chapter 12: Lamps. folding furniture and hinge mechanisms
      Chapter 13: Presses and lift jacks
      Chapter 14: Exercise machines
      Chapter 15: Repetitive mechanisms and motion structures
      Chapter 16: More planar and spatial mechanisms
      Chapter 17: A list of mechanism and machine eponyms
      References and further readings