Title | Explorations in the History and Heritage of Machines and Mechanisms [electronic resource] : Proceedings of the 2018 HMM IFToMM Symposium on History of Machines and Mechanisms / edited by Baichun Zhang, Marco Ceccarelli |
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Imprint | Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019 |
Edition | 1st ed. 2019 |
Connect to | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03538-9 |
Descript | IX, 352 p. 412 illus., 194 illus. in color. online resource |
Preface -- Chapter 1: Engineers and their stories -- Mechanics (Machines) in Ishaq Efendi, the Chief Instructor of Military School in the Ottomans, by Melek Dosay Gökdoğan -- Giuseppe Ceredi. A Hydraulic Engineer in 16th-Century Italy, by Luigi Traetta -- The Innovation process of the First Curved Mold Caster in China, by Lifang Lei et al. -- Shen Hong (1906-1998),A Legendary Engineer and China’s Modern Machinery Industry, by Lie Sun -- Jan Oderfeld (1908-2010). Retrospective Memories of the Past, by JanuszWawrzecki -- An Overview on the Studies of the History of Machinery in China, by Baichun Zhang Yexing Liu -- Chapter 2: History of machine design -- History of Human Powered Oil Expeller: A Literature Review, by Siraj Sheikh -- Literature Review on the Developments of Rice Milling Machines, by M. Sohail Pervez et al. -- Modeling an Antique Grinding Mill of Guanajuato Silver Mines, by Juan Jauregui et al. -- The Hydraulic Tilt Hammer in Ancient China, by Xiaolei Shi -- Reconstruction and Analysis of Zhan’s Sand Clock in the 14th Century, by Yu-Hsun Chen Hong-Sen Yan -- Exploration of Ancient Machinery: From Reconstruction Research to Exhibition and Science Education, by Jian-Liang Lin et al -- Relationships between paper mills and technological evolution of paper production, by Silvia Gargaro et al -- Light drawings: representation and design, by Emanuela Chiavoni -- Chapter 3: Ancient mechanisms -- Mechanisms in Heron’s automata as technological transfer and cultural means, by Roberto Bragastini -- Analysis and reconstruction of a platform with ball bearings in Roman ships of Nemi lake, by Pier Gabriele Molari et al. -- Application and Influence of Flap Valve Mechanism on Ancient Bellows, by Xing Huang, Lingfeng Li -- Mechanisms 26 and 30 of "the book of secrets" of Ibn Khalaf Al-Muradi, by Rafael López-García et al. -- The astrolabe: a mechanism for reading the stars, by Barbara Aterini -- Mathematical Instruments used in the Military Engineering Academies of Ottomans, by Irem Aslan Seyhan -- Chapter 4: History of modern technology -- Transfer of Modern High Draft Technology to China, by Xuan Su -- A Brief Introduction to the Steam Locomotives Made in China, by Zhizhong Zhang -- From the Unimate to the Delta robot: the early decades of Industrial Robotics, by AlessandroGasparetto -- Towards GIM, the Global Intelligent Machine, by Teun Koetsier -- Historical development of BHR humanoid robots, by Qiang Huang et al. -- Teaching Wonder (from 3rd century BCE to 21st century CE) , by Nadia Ambrosetti -- The scientific background of the Russian Revolution, by Agamenon Oliveira