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Explorations in the History and Heritage of Machines and Mechanisms

Proceedings of the 2018 HMM IFToMM Symposium on History of Machines and Mechanisms

Part of the book series: History of Mechanism and Machine Science (HMMS, volume 37)

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Table of contents (27 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
  2. History of Machine Design

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 75-75
    2. History of Human Powered Oil Expeller: A Literature Review

      • S. M. Sheikh, K. S. Zakiuddin
      Pages 77-88
    3. Literature Review on the Developments of Rice Milling Machines

      • M. Sohail Pervez, K. S. Zakiuddin
      Pages 89-100
    4. Modeling an Antique Grinding Mill of Guanajuato Silver Mines

      • Juan Carlos Jauregui-Correa, Omar Escamilla-Gonzalez
      Pages 101-112
    5. The Hydraulic Tilt Hammer in Ancient China

      • Xiaolei Shi
      Pages 113-122
    6. Reconstruction and Analysis of Zhan’s Sand Clock in the 14th Century

      • Y. H. Chen, Marco Ceccarelli, Hong-Sen Yan
      Pages 123-133
    7. Relationships Between Paper Mills and Technological Evolution of Paper Production

      • S. Gargaro, M. Cigola, A. Gallozzi, R. Catuogno
      Pages 144-159
    8. Light Drawings: Representation and Design

      • E. Chiavoni
      Pages 160-171
  3. Ancient Mechanisms

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 173-173
    2. Analysis and Reconstruction of a Platform with Ball Bearings in Roman Ships of Nemi Lake

      • M. Ceccarelli, P. G. Molari, S. Ceccarelli, C. Conti, G. Martines
      Pages 187-198

About this book

This is the proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on History of Machines and Mechanisms that was held in Beijing, China, in September 2018.  The Symposium provided an international forum for presenting and discussing historical developments in the field of Machine and Mechanism Science (MMS). Special sections focused on the following topics:

 .       modern reviews of past works

 Â·       engineers in history, and their works

 Â·       direct memories of the recent past

 Â·       the development of theories

 Â·       the history of the design of machines and mechanisms

 Â·       development of automation and robots

 Â·       the development of teaching of MMS

 Â·       the schools and institutes of mechanical engineering

 Â·      the heritage of machines and mechanisms

Editors and Affiliations

  • Institute for the History of Natural Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

    Baichun Zhang

  • LARM: Laboratory of Robotics and Mechatronics, University of Cassino and South Latium, Cassino, Italy

    Marco Ceccarelli

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Explorations in the History and Heritage of Machines and Mechanisms

  • Book Subtitle: Proceedings of the 2018 HMM IFToMM Symposium on History of Machines and Mechanisms

  • Editors: Baichun Zhang, Marco Ceccarelli

  • Series Title: History of Mechanism and Machine Science

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03538-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-03537-2Published: 12 December 2018

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-03538-9Published: 11 December 2018

  • Series ISSN: 1875-3442

  • Series E-ISSN: 1875-3426

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: IX, 352

  • Number of Illustrations: 218 b/w illustrations, 194 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Mechanical Engineering, Robotics and Automation, History of Technology

Buy it now

Buying options

eBook USD 129.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
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  • Own it forever
Hardcover Book USD 169.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

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