Overview
- Covers a topic of current interest from an angle that has not been dealt with for the last 30 years
- Suitable for courses
- Of interest to both academics and the general public in a variety of disciplines
Part of the book series: History of Mechanism and Machine Science (HMMS, volume 2)
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Table of contents (3 chapters)
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Leonardo da Vinci and Franz Reuleaux: Machine Engineers
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Evolution of Design of Machines
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Comparison of the Kinematic Mechanisms of Leonardo and Reuleaux
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Reviews
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"The book has … a brief introduction to Da Vinci and Reuleaux and their respective codification approaches, an extensive and accessible evaluation of machine designs and design methods as represented in 20 centuries of design manuals and ‘theater of machines’ books, a brief illustrated reference section on kinematic mechanism components, and an annotated bibliography of historic sources. The book can be used as either a reference or a course resource … . Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty." (G. E. Herrick, CHOICE, Vol. 45 (5), January, 2008)
"This book … focuses on two towering figures in the design of kinematic machines which are separated by some 300 years in history, Leonardo da Vinci and Franz Reuleaux. … The compilation of the material is of course coloured by personal preferences but it is these preferences but it is these preferences which renders the book a highly interesting one. Many figures from the sources as well as photos of model mechanisms make the book a truly unique one." (Thomas Sonar, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1139 (17), 2008)
"This is an interesting book, rich in information. … At the end, just after Moon’s detailed comparison of mechanisms as portrayed and described by Leonardo and Reuleaux, the book includes a dozen plates of Cornell’s Reuleaux models. The main bibliography is very impressive … . Moon hopes that engineering students … will find stimulation in this book and gain a renewed respect for simple mechanisms and their role in design, and to help them he has included student exercises … ." (Alexander G. Keller, Technology and Culture, Vol. 50, April, 2009)
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Francis C. Moon is a Chaired Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. He is an elected member of the US National Academy of Engineers. He is also a Fellow of ASME. Moon is Curator of the Reuleaux Collection of Kinematic Models at Cornell University. He has authored five published books with John Wiley including two popular books on chaotic dynamics; Chaotic Vibrations (1987, 2004), Chaotic and Fractal Dynamics and a textbook Applied Dynamics (1998) His research specialty includes dynamics of machines and structures as well as magneto-mechanical devices. He has lectured recently in ‘Introduction to Robotics’ for seniors and ‘Applied Dynamics’ for graduate students. He was the recipient of a Humboldt Prize award in 1988 and 2001. In 2001 he was a visiting scholar at the Archiv of the Deutsches Museum where he studied the papers of Franz Reuleaux. Moon is a member of the commission on the History of Machines and Mechanisms (HMM) of the International Federation for the Theory af Machines and Mechanisms. (IFToMM) He has published over 140 research papers and holds five patents. He was the Director of the School of Mechanical and Aerospace engineering at Cornell University from 1987-1992.
Moon is one of the creators of the history of mechanisms website; KMODDL: Kinematic Modelsfor Design, Digital Library [http://kmoddl.library.cornell.edu]
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Machines of Leonardo Da Vinci and Franz Reuleaux
Book Subtitle: Kinematics of Machines from the Renaissance to the 20th Century
Authors: Francis C. Moon
Series Title: History of Mechanism and Machine Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-5599-7
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-5598-0Published: 30 May 2007
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-7669-1Published: 23 August 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-5599-7Published: 29 October 2007
Series ISSN: 1875-3442
Series E-ISSN: 1875-3426
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXXIII, 419
Topics: History of Science, Machinery and Machine Elements, Mechanical Engineering, Engineering Design, Popular Science, general