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Leonid Assur (1878–1920)

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Leonid Assur solved a great challenge. He devised a classification system of planar linkages with lower pairs based on the theory of mechanisms. This system turned out to be remarkably productive, as it described not only all of the hinge mechanisms known at that time, but also showed how to form the new ones. After Assur’s death, his ideas were further developed in the works of his fellow Russian and foreign researchers.

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    In the monograph by I. I. Artobolevski and A. N. Bogolyubov «L. V. Assur», the surname of Assur’s wife is printed as Mindlina by mistake.

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The authors would like to thank the Fundamental Library at the St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University, the National Library in St. Petersburg, and also kindly thank Sergey Assur, Tatyana Raush and Nataliya Arefieva.

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  1. Department of Theory of Mechanisms and Machines, (SPbSPU) St. Petersburg State Polytechnical University, Polytechnical street 29, 195251, St. Petersburg, Russia

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Evgrafov, A., Kozlikin, D. (2014). Leonid Assur (1878–1920). In: Ceccarelli, M. (eds) Distinguished Figures in Mechanism and Machine Science. History of Mechanism and Machine Science, vol 26. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8947-9_2

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