Exercises in Workshop Mathematics for Young Engineers

by Leslie Smith

• ISBN13: 9780521202954
• ISBN10: 0521202957
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-08-11
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Originally published in 1954, the purpose of this book was to provide a set of practical exercises for young engineers wishing to apply mathematical principles to problems confronting them in the workshop. The text was designed primarily for use in the Technical Secondary School, the County College, and the Works Training School. It will be of value to anyone with an interest in the development of engineering and educational practice.

Table of Contents

Preface

Foreword

Locomotives: lengths and weights

Fractions: addition and subtraction

Fractions: multiplication and division

Fractions: miscellaneous problems

Decimals: addition and subtraction

Decimals: multiplication and division

Decimals: conversion to engineering fraction

Spacing of rivets and holes

Algebra: generalized addition

Algebra: generalized subtraction

Algebra: generalized multiplication

Algebra: generalized division

Algebra: symbols, addition

Algebra: symbols, subtraction

Algebra: symbols, multiplication

Algebra: polynomials and problems

Algebra: symbols, division

Algebra: simple equations

Algebra: equations, fraction

Algebra: equations, fractions brackets

Algebra: harder equations

Algebra: simple literal equations

Algebra: problems on equations

Algebra: substitution (positive numbers)

Algebra: substitution (negative numbers)

Formula manipulation and substitution

Harder formula manipulation

Square root: arithmetical

Square root and squares from tables

The theorem of Pythagoras: simple problems

The theorem of Pythagoras: practical applications

Logarithms: characteristics, use of tables

Logarithms: multiplication and division (numbers greater than 1)

Logarithms: manipulation of negative characteristics

Logarithms: multiplication and division (numbers less than 1)

Logarithms: powers and roots

Logarithms: miscellaneous problems

Proportion: speed, time and revolutions

Mensuration: rectangle and square

Mensuration: area of sections, weights per foot run

Mensuration: rectangular solid

Mensuration: triangle and triangular prism

Mensuration: trapezium

Mensuration: circle and annulus

Mensuration: heating surface of tubes, volume and weight of bars and tubes

Mensuration: capacity and rate of flow of water in pipes

Mensuration: miscellaneous problems

Mensuration: cone, frustum, sphere

Mensuration: arcs, sectors, segments

Trigonometry: sine, cosine and tangent

Trigonometry: use of tables

Trigonometry: simple problems

Trigonometry: workshop problems

Trigonometry: miscellaneous problems

Answers

Index

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