Excerpt from Machine Design: A Manual of Practical Instruction in Designing Machinery Definition. Machine Design is the art of mechanical thought, development, and specification. It is an art, in that its routine processes may be analyzed and systematically applied Proficiency in the art positively cannot be attained by any short cut method. There is nothing of a spectacular nature in the methods of Machine Design. Large results cannot be, accomplished at a single bound, and success is possible only by a patient, step-by-step advance in accordance with well-established principles. Mechanical thought means the thinking of things strictly from their mechanical side; a study of their mechanical theory, structure, production, and use; a consideration of their mechanical fitness as parts of a machine. 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.