Friday, May 8, 2015

A Brief Illustrated History of Machines and Mechanisms

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A Brief Illustrated History of Machines and Mechanism


Contents:

1. Anonymous Developments

  • On Machines Before Man
  • On the Machines of Primitive Man
  • On Popular Machines

2. Chinese Inventions and Machines

  • On War Machines
  • On Textile Machinery
  • On Hydraulic Machinery
  • On Clocks and Automatons
  • On Continuity over the Millennia

3. Mechanical Engineering in Antiquity

  • On Technological Evidence
  • On the Development of Ingenious Mechanisms
  • On Gears and Screws
  • On the Way to Mechanical Engineering
  • On Vitruvius’s Influence
  • On Harmony in Machines

4. Medieval Machines and Mechanisms

  • On Raising Water
  • On Clocks and Automatons
  • On the Transition in Europe

5. The Machine Renaissance

  • On War Machines
  • On Lifting Machines
  • On Hydraulic Machines
  • On Machine Tools
  • On Machines for Traction and Transport
  • On Machines for the Rural World
  • On Domestic Apparatus

6. Machines in the First Colonial Empires

  • On Raising Water
  • On Mills
  • On Lifting Devices
  • On Other Devices
  • On Machinery and Precious Metals
  • On Automatons

7. Machinery During the Industrial Revolution

  • On Textile Machinery
  • On the Evolution of Handcraft Manufacturing
  • On Machine Tools
  • On Hydraulic Machines
  • On Steam Engines
  • On the Development of Transport
  • On Automatic Astronomical Devices

8. A Vision on Machines

  • On Re-examining Greco-Roman Works
  • On the Systematisation of Machine Study
  • On Progress in Practical Use
  • On Mathematization of Mechanism Design
  • On Machine Training
  • Final Remarks
  • Looking at the Future
  • On the Challenge of Biodevices
  • On the Challenges with Mechatronics
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