Editors:
- Presents articles on historical research in the area of mechanical sciences
- Contains a large unique collection of documents and images on the arguments of the papers, which is not easily available elsewhere
- Eclectic mix of subjects of interest to a wide readership
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: History of Mechanism and Machine Science (HMMS, volume 31)
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Table of contents (22 chapters)
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Human Inventiveness for Mechanical and Scientific Devices
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Robots and Human-Driven Automata
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Front Matter
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About this book
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.
Editors and Affiliations
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Chemical, Management, Informatics and Mechanical Engineering, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy
Francesco Sorge, Giuseppe Genchi
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Essays on the History of Mechanical Engineering
Editors: Francesco Sorge, Giuseppe Genchi
Series Title: History of Mechanism and Machine Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-22680-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-22679-8Published: 04 December 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-79417-4Published: 29 March 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-22680-4Published: 24 November 2015
Series ISSN: 1875-3442
Series E-ISSN: 1875-3426
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 409
Number of Illustrations: 142 b/w illustrations, 180 illustrations in colour
Topics: Mechanical Engineering, History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics, Manufacturing, Machines, Tools, Processes
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