Tomsk: Tomsk Polytechnic University Publishing House, 2011. , 366 pages, il. The textbook is written on the basis of the course "Mechanics", read at the Tomsk Polytechnic University at the Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics for students studying in non-machine-building specialties . The theoretical foundations of the analysis and synthesis of mechanisms, principles of their geometric and strength calculations. The manual is divided into five sections. The first of these deals with general questions of mechanism theory.. The second section is devoted to the basics of resistance of materials - the science of strength and rigidity of engineering structures . The third section discusses the basics of interchangeability. In the fourth section, calculations and design of the most common transmission mechanisms. The fifth section focuses on the strength calculations of general purpose machine parts. The seventh section discusses the basics of interchangeability. Prepared at the Department of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics of Tomsk Polytechnic University and the Department of Applied Mechanics of the Kemerovo Technological Institute of the Food Industry, intended for students of non-machine-building specialties of technical universities .