A Brief Illustrated History of Machines and Mechanisms (eBook)
VIII, 262 Seiten
Springer Netherland (Verlag)
978-90-481-2512-8 (ISBN)
Machines have always gone hand-in-hand with the cultural development of m- kind throughout time. A book on the history of machines is nothing more than a specific way of bringing light to human events as a whole in order to highlight some significant milestones in the progress of knowledge by a complementary persp- tive into a general historical overview. This book is the result of common efforts and interests by several scholars, teachers, and students on subjects that are connected with the theory of machines and mechanisms. In fact, in this book there is a certain teaching aim in addition to a general historical view that is more addressed to the achievements by "e;homo faber"e; than to those by "e;homo sapiens"e;, since the proposed history survey has been developed with an engineering approach. The brevity of the text added to the fact that the authors are probably not com- tent to tackle historical studies with the necessary rigor, means the content of the book is inevitably incomplete,but it nevertheless attempts to fulfil three basic aims: First, it is hoped that this book may provide a stimulus to promote interest in the study of technical history within a mechanical engineering context. Few are the co- tries where anything significant is done in this area, which means there is a general lack of knowledge of this common cultural heritage.
Preface 6
Contents 9
Introduction 11
On History Without Written Sources 11
On Written Documents 12
On Cultural Influences on Design 13
On the Scope of this Book 14
On the Contents of this Book 15
Chapter 1 Anonymous Developments 17
On Machines Before Man 18
On the Machines of Primitive Man 22
On Popular Machines 29
Chapter 2 Chinese Inventions and Machines 34
On War Machines 35
On Textile Machinery 38
On Hydraulic Machinery 41
On Clocks and Automatons 47
On Continuity over the Millennia 56
Chapter 3 Mechanical Engineering in Antiquity 57
On Technological Evidence 58
On the Development of Ingenious Mechanisms 59
On Gears and Screws 67
On the Way to Mechanical Engineering 68
On Vitruvius’s Influence 74
On Harmony in Machines 75
Chapter 4 Medieval Machines and Mechanisms 80
On Raising Water 81
On Clocks and Automatons 89
On the Transition in Europe 99
Chapter 5 The Machine Renaissance 106
On War Machines 109
On Lifting Machines 110
On Hydraulic Machines 116
On Machine Tools 121
On Machines for Traction and Transport 123
On Machines for the Rural World 126
On Domestic Apparatus 127
Chapter 6 Machines in the First Colonial Empires 131
On Raising Water 132
On Mills 137
On Lifting Devices 147
On Other Devices 147
On Machinery and Precious Metals 150
On Automatons 152
Chapter 7 Machinery During the Industrial Revolution 154
On Textile Machinery 154
On the Evolution of Handcraft Manufacturing 160
On Machine Tools 164
On Hydraulic Machines 165
On Steam Engines 168
On the Development of Transport 177
On Automatic Astronomical Devices 177
Chapter 8 A Vision on Machines 182
On Re-examining Greco-Roman Works 182
On the Systematisation of Machine Study 185
On Progress in Practical Use 198
On Mathematization of Mechanism Design 202
On Machine Training 207
Final Remarks 212
Looking at the Future 213
On the Challenge of Biodevices 215
On the Challenges with Mechatronics 216
Chronic Table 219
References 224
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 2.8.2010 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | History of Mechanism and Machine Science | History of Mechanism and Machine Science |
| Zusatzinfo | VIII, 262 p. |
| Verlagsort | Dordrecht |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Original-Titel | Breve Historia Ilustrada de las Maquinas (2007) |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Technikgeschichte | |
| Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie | |
| Technik ► Bauwesen | |
| Technik ► Maschinenbau | |
| Schlagworte | archaeology • Chinese machines • history of machines and mechanisms • History of Science • Industrial Revolution • inventions • mechanical engineering • Mechanism Design • Renaissance • Technology • theory of machines and mechanisms |
| ISBN-10 | 90-481-2512-X / 904812512X |
| ISBN-13 | 978-90-481-2512-8 / 9789048125128 |
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