Molian, S.  1928- <br/><br/>
Mechanism design :  an introductory text / 
S. Molian.. 
 - Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ;  New York :  Cambridge University Press,  1982. 
 - ix, 158 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 155) and index. 
<br/><br/>Mainly about linkages -- Some additional design techniques for the 4-bar linkage -- Point-path motion, the slider-crank mechanism and the 6-bar linkage -- Poles, polodes, velocity diagrams and contour cams -- An introduction to curvature theory -- Further notes on curvature theory -- Complex linkages -- The Chebyshev - Grubler formula -- Systematics of mechanism -- An introduction to analytical methods -- The constraint method of kinematic analysis -- Forces in linkages -- Gear-trains and differentials -- Efficiency of gear-trains and differential mechanisms. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0521231930 (U.S.) 0521298636 (U.S. : pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>81015552 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Machine design<br/>Mechanical movements
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>621.815