Excavating Machinery

Author : Allen Boyer McDaniel
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266412915
Total Pages : 362 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (129 download)

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Download or read book Excavating Machinery (Classic Reprint) written by Allen Boyer McDaniel and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-17 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Excavating Machinery As its title indicates, the scope Of this book is to describe excavat ing machinery Of various kinds and the uses for which it is devised. During the past decade the development Of reclamation work in the western and southern sections Of the country by private enter prise and by local, state and national governments, has awakened great and general interest. The rapid extension and improvement Of railroad systems and the expansion Of great cities by the filling in Of adjacent waste lands, and by sanitary and other municipal works, have called for the use Of the most efficient machinery. Designers and builders have been stimulated by this demand and many marked improvements have been introduced into present-day machinery for these purposes. The author has endeavored to de scribe the makes and types Of excavators commonly used in all classes of work except marine dredging. He has not attempted to describe or even mention every make of excavator, but every type has been treated in sufficient detail to give a clear idea Of its construction and field Of work. The author has been impressed by the careless methods used in the construction and repair of excavators. A new machine is built more in accordance with the forms Of previous ones of the same Class, rather than in accordance with the demands Of the particular piece Of work to which it is to be applied. Rule of thumb methods are used instead Of original design. In making repairs, it is the gen eral custom to replace the broken parts with new ones exactly like the old ones, or after repeated breaks, to make the weak member a little stronger. This is Often blind guesswork, and is expensive both to the contractor and the owner and should be replaced by scientific study and accurate workmanship. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.