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Essays on the History of Mechanical Engineering

By Francesco Sorge , Giuseppe Genchi

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2016
ISBN
3319226797, 9783319226798
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-22680-4
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
21 MB (22264932 bytes)
Series
History of Mechanism and Machine Science
Edition
1
Pages
409\402
Topic
History
Time added
2016-01-14 21:05:15
MachinesMechanical Engineering; History and PhilosophicalTools

Description

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.

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