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Explorations in the History of Machines and Mechanisms

Part of the History of Mechanism and Machine Science Book Series (volume 15)

Editors: Koetsier, Teun; Ceccarelli, Marco

DOI: 10.1007/978-94-007-4132-4

ISBN: 978-94-007-4131-7

Publisher: Springer Netherlands - Springer Journals

Jan 1, 2012

1 - 10 of 40 Chapters

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A Social Network Model for Innovation in Early Aviation History

Moon, Francis C.

Pages: 3 –19

[Using data from many historical studies of early aviation, we present evidence that early advances in aviation were the result of an evolving social network with more than eighty nodes and over three hundred links. The node-link distribution is shown to be similar to a scale-free, power law...
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Franz Reuleaux and the Rhenish Roots of Mechanism Theory

Braune, Reinhard; Corves, Burkhard

Pages: 21 –38

[In 2009, the Department of Mechanism Theory and Dynamics of Machines of Aachen University (RWTH) celebrated the 50th anniversary of its foundation. Among the few higher education institutions still active in mechanisms theory in Germany, it is one of the older establishments, but compared with...
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The Birth of the Moscow School of Applied Mechanics in the 2nd Half of the 19th Century and the Early 20th Century

Chinenova, Vera; Golovin, Alexander; Tyulina, Irina

Pages: 39 –53

[One of the results of Russia’s defeat during the Crimean war (1853-55) was increased interest for technical education and especially for applied mechanics (theories of mechanisms, machines etc.). A particular place in this historical process is occupied by the Moscow school of applied mechanics...
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Royal Manufactures Promoted by the Spanish Crown during the 18th and 19th Centuries: An Approach to European Industrialisation

Echávarri Otero, Javier; de la Guerra Ochoa, E.; Chacón Tanarro, E.; Muñoz Sanz, J. L.; Bautista Paz, E.; Álvarez Redondo, J. R.; Díaz Lantada, A.; Munoz-Guijosa, J. M.

Pages: 55 –68

[This work presents the Royal Factories promoted by the Spanish crown in the 18th and 19th centuries in the context of European industrialisation. They are classified together with the main types of factories and some specific examples are described. The article includes a discussion on the...
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The Influence of the Society of Jesus on the Spread of European Mechanical Knowledge in China in the XVIth and XVIIth Centuries

Cigola, Michela

Pages: 69 –79

[This article aims to investigate the role played by various missionaries of the Society of Jesus in the development and spread of European scientific and mechanical knowledge in China between the XVIth and XVIIth centuries.]
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Jang Yeong-sil: Inventor of the Striking Clepsydra during the Reign of King Sejong in Joseon

Moon-hyon, Nam

Pages: 83 –105

[Jang Yeong-sil was the Chief Royal Engineer in charge of the engineering and construction project for re-equipping the Royal Observatory during the reign of King Sejong (世宗 r. 1432-1438). Jang devoted himself to making five kinds of astronomical instruments and ten timekeepers. In this paper the...
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Kurt Rauh: Saxon Mechanism Theory Brought to Aachen

Corves, Burkhard

Pages: 107 –121

[In 2009, the biannual German colloquium on mechanism science took place in Aachen, Germany organized through the Department of Mechanism Theory and Dynamics of Machines of RWTH Aachen University in order to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its foundation. For this purpose the author of the...
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About Karl Hoecken and Some of His Works on Mechanisms

Kerle, Hanfried

Pages: 123 –134

[After the death of Wilhelm Hartmann in 1922, the direct successor of Franz Reuleaux on the Chair of Kinematics (Lehrstuhl für Getriebelehre) at the Technische Hochschule (TH) Berlin-Charlottenburg, there was a row of intermediate professors until Hermann Alt from Dresden finally got the chair in...
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Gioacchino Russo – A Versatile Scientist

Petrone, Francesco; Russo, Viviana

Pages: 135 –144

[The Italian scientist Gioacchino Russo made several important contributions to the development of machines and mechanisms. We briefly discuss his life and then give a detailed explanation of the principles behind the navipendulum, one of his most famous mechanical inventions.]
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Applied Mechanics: The Information Sheets of Professor Leonid Smirnov

Golovin, Alexander; Golovina, Anastacia

Pages: 145 –158

[In the first half of XXth century one of the most well-known scientific and pedagogical schools of Applied mechanics was the Imperial Moscow Technical School (IMTS), led by Leonid Smirnov. A number of its graduates became prominent scientists and founded their own scientific and pedagogical...

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