Ebook: Explorations in the History of Machines and Mechanisms: Proceedings of HMM2012

This book contains the proceedings of HMM2012, the 4th International Symposium on Historical Developments in the field of Mechanism and Machine Science (MMS). These proceedings cover recent research concerning all aspects of the development of MMS from antiquity until the present and its historiography: machines, mechanisms, kinematics, dynamics, concepts and theories, design methods, collections of methods, collections of models, institutions and biographies.

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This book contains the proceedings of HMM2012, the 4th International Symposium on Historical Developments in the field of Mechanism and Machine Science (MMS). These proceedings cover recent research concerning all aspects of the development of MMS from antiquity until the present and its historiography: machines, mechanisms, kinematics, dynamics, concepts and theories, design methods, collections of methods, collections of models, institutions and biographies.

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This book contains the proceedings of HMM2012, the 4th International Symposium on Historical Developments in the field of Mechanism and Machine Science (MMS). These proceedings cover recent research concerning all aspects of the development of MMS from antiquity until the present and its historiography: machines, mechanisms, kinematics, dynamics, concepts and theories, design methods, collections of methods, collections of models, institutions and biographies.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages 1-18
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
A Social Network Model for Innovation in Early Aviation History....Pages 3-19
Franz Reuleaux and the Rhenish Roots of Mechanism Theory....Pages 21-38
The Birth of the Moscow School of Applied Mechanics in the 2nd Half of the 19th Century and the Early 20th Century....Pages 39-53
Royal Manufactures Promoted by the Spanish Crown during the 18th and 19th Centuries: An Approach to European Industrialisation....Pages 55-68
The Influence of the Society of Jesus on the Spread of European Mechanical Knowledge in China in the XVIth and XVIIth Centuries....Pages 69-79
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
Jang Yeong-sil: Inventor of the Striking Clepsydra during the Reign of King Sejong in Joseon....Pages 83-105
Kurt Rauh: Saxon Mechanism Theory Brought to Aachen....Pages 107-121
About Karl Hoecken and Some of His Works on Mechanisms....Pages 123-134
Gioacchino Russo – A Versatile Scientist....Pages 135-144
Applied Mechanics: The Information Sheets of Professor Leonid Smirnov....Pages 145-158
Konstantin Frolov Continuing the Soviet School Traditions on MMS (Mechanism and Machine Science)....Pages 159-169
Francisc Viliam Kov?cs – Leader in the Development of Mechanisms and Robotics in Romania....Pages 171-182
Front Matter....Pages 183-183
The Mystery of the Defense Chain Mechanism of Constantinople....Pages 185-198
Structural Synthesis of the Ancient Chinese Zhuge Repeating Crossbow....Pages 199-211
Clocks and Dials with Automata: The Mosaic of Qasr El-Lebya....Pages 213-228
The Drawings of Machines by the Great Architects of the Renaissance and Baroque Eras....Pages 229-250
Cultural Heritages in Aterno Valley (Italy): Historical Watermills for Cereals Grinding....Pages 251-259
Front Matter....Pages 261-275
The Front Dial of the Antikythera Mechanism....Pages 277-277
The Historical-Technological Study of Monumental Tower Clocks: The Town Hall Clock of Alcal? la Real, Ja?n (Spain)....Pages 279-292
Front Matter....Pages 293-307
Improbable Mechanics: A Short History of Fake Automata....Pages 277-277
Centrifugal Governors: The Story of a Mistake....Pages 309-322
The Anahuac Propeller: A Century after....Pages 323-336
The Rotary Aero Engine from 1908 to 1918....Pages 337-348
Front Matter....Pages 349-362
The Historical Development of Catrasys, a Cable System....Pages 363-363
A Contribution on the History of Ropeways....Pages 365-379
The First Hydroelectric Power Plant in the Balkans Built on the Basis of Tesla’s Principles....Pages 381-394
Tesla’s Research in the Field of Mechanical Engineering Focused on Fountains Design....Pages 395-406
Mechanical Models for Anti-Rhomb Linkage....Pages 407-420
History of Human Powered Threshing Machines: A Literature Review....Pages 421-430
Front Matter....Pages 431-445
Poncelet and the Development of Applied Mechanics....Pages 447-447
The Case of Kinematics, the Genesis of a Discipline....Pages 449-461
Cognate Linkages the Roberts – Chebyshev Theorem....Pages 463-473
The Work of Otto Fischer and the Historical Development of His Method of Principal Vectors for Mechanism and Machine Science....Pages 475-490
Spatial Overconstrained Linkages—The Lost Jade....Pages 491-504
Designing, Analysis and Computer Modeling of Straight-Line Mechanisms....Pages 505-519
The Transmission of the European Clock-Making Technology into China in the 17th-18th Centuries....Pages 521-534
DMG-Lib – An Open Access Digital Library as an Exploration Tool for Historians and Engineers....Pages 535-550
Back Matter....Pages 551-563
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