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Classical and Modern Mechanisms for Engineers and Inventors reviews the foundation of kinematics, examining five basic joints and their use as mechanisms...describes many facets of four-bar linkages...details the applications of both centric and offset slider cranks....explains the motion characteristics of Geneva mechanisms..compares the advantages of using planetary gears over ordinary gear trains and provides design charts....discusses the differences among epicycloid, hypocycloid, and pericycloid mechanisms...and much, much more!