Landwirtschaftliche Maschinenkunde
Full details
| English title | Agricultural engineering |
| Authors & editors | |
| Publisher | Verlagsbuchhandlung Paul Parey |
| Year of publication | 1915 |
| Languages | German (main text) |
| Medium | Book |
| Edition | 1 |
| Topics | |
| Tags | |
| Scope & content | Summary TranslationHandbook on agricultural engineering aimed at primarily at students in agricultural institutes, but also meant for more experienced farmers. The first section deals with the raw materials and components of agricultural machinery.The second covers machines producing energy in different ways: by human or animal force; by water; by steam; by combustion; by wind; by electricity. In all cases it gives detailed instructions about the various components and how to calculate the relevant forces.The final part describes different types of agricultural machinery, including grist mills and pressing mills for preparing fodder.The book is comprehensively illustrated with diagrams of all the machinery described.Despite its date of publication, it is printed in Roman script. The author states that he has avoided foreign terminology as far as possible and has avoided giving any cost estimates since these go out of date so quickly.The book bears two owner's names, one from 1919, and the other that of the donor, from 1975. |
Copies held
Accession no. 21856
- Shelf location: W10_SCH
- Donor: JSP Buckland Collection
- Notes: Summary TranslationHandbook on agricultural engineering aimed at primarily at students in agricultural institutes, but also meant for more experienced farmers. The first section deals with the raw materials and components of agricultural machinery.The second covers machines producing energy in different ways: by human or animal force; by water; by steam; by combustion; by wind; by electricity. In all cases it gives detailed instructions about the various components and how to calculate the relevant forces.The final part describes different types of agricultural machinery, including grist mills and pressing mills for preparing fodder.The book is comprehensively illustrated with diagrams of all the machinery described.Despite its date of publication, it is printed in Roman script. The author states that he has avoided foreign terminology as far as possible and has avoided giving any cost estimates since these go out of date so quickly.The book bears two owner's names, one from 1919, and the other that of the donor, from 1975.