Essays on the History of Mechanical Engineering
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Beschreibung
This book treats several subjects from the History of Mechanism and Machine Science, and also contains an illustrative presentation of the Museum of Engines and Mechanisms of the University of Palermo, Italy, which houses a collection of various pieces of machinery from the last 150 years.
The various sections deal with some eminent scientists of the past, with the history of industrial installations, machinery and transport, with the human inventiveness for mechanical and scientific devices, and with robots and human-driven automata. All chapters have been written by experts in their fields.
The volume shows a wide-ranging panorama on the historical progress of scientific and technical knowledge in the past centuries. It will stimulate new research and ideas for those involved in the history of Science and Technology.
This book treats several subjects from the History of Mechanism and Machine Science, and also contains an illustrative presentation of the Museum of Engines and Mechanisms of the University of Palermo, Italy, which houses a collection of various pieces of machinery from the last 150 years.
The various sections deal with some eminent scientists of the past, with the history of industrial installations, machinery and transport, with the human inventiveness for mechanical and scientific devices, and with robots and human-driven automata. All chapters have been written by experts in their fields.
The volume shows a wide-ranging panorama on the historical progress of scientific and technical knowledge in the past centuries. It will stimulate new research and ideas for those involved in the history of Science and Technology.
Presents articles on historical research in the area of mechanical sciences Contains a large unique collection of documents and images on the arguments of the papers, which is not easily available elsewhere Eclectic mix of subjects of interest to a wide readership Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Autor*in
Francesco Sorge
Themen in »Essays on the History of Mechanical Engineering«
Engineering Mechanics History of Machine and Mechanisms History of Mechanics Industrial Installations Machinery and Transport Robots and Human-Driven Automata