Explorations in the history of machines and mechanisms : proceedings of the fifth IFToMM Symposium on the History of Machines and Mechanisms /: proceedings of the fifth IFToMM Symposium on the History of Machines and Mechanisms. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Carlos López-Cajún, Marco Ceccarelli, editors.
• Editors: López-Cajún, C. S (Carlos S.); Ceccarelli, Marco
• Other Names: IFToMM Symposium on the History of Machines and Mechanisms, 5th
• Contents: Preface; Contents; 1 Aspects of the Cost-Effectiveness of Restoration Process of the F. Reuleaux Mechanisms; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Conclusion; References; 2 Application of Rapid Prototyping Technology for Modeling the Mechanisms of F. Reuleaux Collection; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 3D-Modelling; 3 3D-Printing; 4 Conclusion; References; 3 Protoepistemology of Mechanical Engineering in Cassiodorus' Variae or Mission Impossible at Theoderic's Court; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Historical Context; 3 Mechanics and Machines in Variae; 3.1 Linguistic Analysis; 3.2 Variae, I, 45. 4 Protoepistemology of Mechanics; 4.1 Liberal and Mechanical Arts in Variae I, 45; 4.2 The Role of Wonder; 4.3 Usefulness and Playfulness; 4.4 Mission: Impossible; 5 Boëthius as an Engineer?; 6 Conclusions; References; 4 The Silk Mill "alla Bolognese"; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Mills in Bologna; 3 Silk Production in Bologna: Buildings and Factories; 4 Silk in Bologna: Water and Technology; 5 Silk in Bologna: Graphic Documentation; Acknowledgments; References; 5 Robots in History: Legends and Prototypes from Ancient Times to the Industrial Revolution; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Legends. 3 Designs and Prototypes; 4 Conclusions; References; 6 The First Hundred Years of Mechanism Science at RWTH Aachen University; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Early Mechanism Theory in Aachen; 3 Renewal of Mechanism Theory in Aachen by Kurt Rauh; 4 Mechanism Theory and Dynamics of Machines Under Walther Meyer Zur Capellen; 5 Conclusions; References; 7 Mock-Up of an Eighteenth-Century Oil Mill via Rapid-Prototyping; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Olive Oil and Oil Mills; 2.1 Olive Oil; 2.2 Mill and Press; 2.3 Oil Mill in Fondón; 3 CAD Modelling; 4 Printing Process; 4.1 FDM Printing. 4.2 FDM Printer Characteristics;4.3 CNC Code Generation; 4.4 Resulting Oil Mill Mock Up; 5 Conclusions; References; 8 An Introduction to the Ancient Mechanical Wind-Instrument Automata; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Fundamental Elements of Aerophones; 3 Classification and Structural Analysis; 4 Whistle Type; 5 Pan Flute Type; 6 Slide Whistle Type; 7 Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; 9 Dynamic Reconstruction of a Colonial Mexican Mechanism; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Procedure for the Reconstruction; 3 Field Measurements and Functional Analysis; 3.1 Functional Analysis. 3.2 Internal Analysis; 4 Kinematic and Dynamic Models; 4.1 Kinematic Model; 4.2 Dynamic Model; 5 Results; 6 Conclusions; References; 10 Leibniz's Developments of Machine Science; Abstract; 1 Introduction; 2 Leibniz the Reformer of Rationalism; 3 Leibniz and the Scientific Revolution; 4 The New Leibnizian Conceptual Framework; 5 Principle of Vis Viva Conservation; 5.1 Application of the Vis Viva Concept to Machines; 6 Leibniz and Machine Design; 6.1 Windmill Construction; 6.2 Calculating Machines; 7 Conclusions; References; 11 On the Mechanics of Live Nature in the Works of V.P. Goryachkin.
• Publisher Details: Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 259 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 621.09; Engineering; Mechanical engineering -- History -- Congresses; Machinery -- History -- Congresses; Mechanical engineering; Mechanics, applied; History; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Mechanical; Machinery; Mechanical engineering; Science -- History; Mechanics of solids; History of science; Mechanical engineering; Electronic books; Conference papers and proceedings; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319311845; 3319311840; 3319311824; 9783319311821
• Related ISBNs: 9783319311821
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 19, 2016).
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