Summary Content of the most important pieces according to the Chapters, Sections, Tables, and Figures.

Chap.		§.	Plate	Fig.
I.	What Mechanics and a Mechanician are.	1 - 2
	The most important technical terms that a Mechanician should know.	3 - 17
II.	On the Lever, its type, form, parts, etc.	18	I
	The Author's special scale for demonstration.	25		15
	Gravesande's ditto. original: "Gravesands." Refers to Willem 's Gravesande (1688–1742), a Dutch mathematician and physicist whose work on experimental physics was highly influential.	26	2	1
	Two instruments for the demonstration of the lever.	27		2-4
	The merchant's scale and its most important properties.	29		5
	Explained through many figures.	31-41	3	1-12
	Example of a false scale, and one for demonstration. The original "faulen Waage" (lazy scale) refers to an inaccurate or deceptive balance used to explain errors in weighing.	42		13-14
	The Author's instrument to show the ratios of the scale.	43	4
	On the unequal-armed lever and the steelyard scale.	44	5	1-19
	Calculating the weight of the long part of the lever.	50	6	1-9
	On the space or time of the lever.	55	7	1-6
	How to calculate the resistance in perpetual motion. original: "Perpetuo mobili." Leupold often discusses perpetual motion to demonstrate why it is mechanically impossible according to the laws of physics.	58		9-11
III.	On the pulley system or block and tackle, its parts and power.	59	8	1-16
	Various applications.	64	9	1-10
IV.	On the windlass, and its types, power, etc.	66	10	1-9
V.	On the wheel and pinion, and its properties.	72	11	1-13
	Calculation of compound wheels.	75	12	1-5
	Wheels with cords instead of teeth.	76	13	1-9
	Layout of the teeth and pinions.	84	14	1-10
	Cutting the teeth by means of machines.	93	15	1-9
VI.	On the wedge and its properties.	95	16	1-12
	Machines to investigate its power.	106	17	1-6
VII.	On the screw and its properties.	110	18	1-10
VIII.	On the endless screw. An "endless screw" is a historical term for a worm gear.	119		6-10
	On the layout of the screw threads.	125	19	1-10
	How to cut the screws.	132		11-19
	Cutting large spindles and nuts.	143	20	1-12
IX.	On crooked journals or cranks.	147	21	1-13
X.	On flywheels.	159	22	1-3
XI.	On rocker arms, and a machine for experimenting.	160	23
XII.	On using oval discs instead of the crank.	178	24	1-11
	Five ways to create linear motion through circular motion.	185	25	1-7
	Six ways to create circular motion through linear motion.	189	26	1-6
XIII.	On the pantograph. original: "Storchschnabel," literally "stork's beak." A mechanical device used to copy and scale drawings.	191	27	1-4
XIV.	Demonstrations through 9 examples that all machines, with
	respect to force and time, have the same capability.	196	28	1-8
XV.	How to specify a machine when force and load are known.	207	29	1-8
XVI.	On friction, along with experiments	215	30	1-13
	and machines.		31	1-12
XVII.	On the external forces in mechanics.		32	1-11
	On the power of humans and their posture.	252	33
	Wrong posture of humans, which results in no power.		34	1-4
	On horizontal wheels.	280	35	1-3
	Animals: how they move the wheels with their front, back,
	and all four feet.	267	36	1-4