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History of Mechanism and Machine Science : History of Mechanism and Machine Science - Emilio Bautista Paz

History of Mechanism and Machine Science

By: Emilio Bautista Paz, Marco Ceccarelli, Javier Echávarri Otero

Hardcover | 11 May 2010

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This work deals with mechanical manufacturing processes in history, examined through the machines associated with those processes. A tool is only included if it is part of a machine tool, with devices made up of moving parts. Once the analytical field has been marked out, the chosen descriptive method is basically graphic.

This historical compendium attempts to give a wide-angle view of historical development without making an in-depth analysis of each of the examples presented. Moreover, this book illustrates the historical development of machines and mechanisms more from a technical point of view rather than a strictly history of science point of view since the authors are mechanical engineers who are interested and motivated to examine the most significant facts in their own area of knowledge of the Theory of Machines and Mechanisms. A full understanding of the historical development of Technology also needs the help of experts in technical matters who can appreciate and reassess bygone achievements in the light of their own technical knowledge. More collaboration between science historians and technical experts is needed, as is currently the case in the field of Industrial Archaeology. Thus, this book is also an attempt to set out a technical approach to the historical development of machines and mechanisms, but without too many technical details that will prevent its understanding being purely historical.

At the beginning of each chapter there is a global reference to the period embraced, the most relevant facts, and the most significant treatises in the context of machine history. Following this introduction each chapter contains a series of sections on the types of machines that are representative of the period analysed together with illustrations to accompany the text. A fairly extensive bibliography enables the reader to make a deeper historical analysis.

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"This work by mechanical engineers Bautista Paz ... and colleagues provides a very short historical overview of machines. ... It covers much mechanical engineering history, and if one wants to get an idea of the breadth and depth of the field, then this volume will do the job. ... Summing Up: Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates." (A. M. Strauss, Choice, Vol. 48 (3), November, 2010)

"This history survey with an engineering approach is written by a group of four authors. ... The book is divided into eight chapters which are presented in chronological order. ... The book is instructive, well readable and a good introduction into the historical development of machines and mechanisms ... ." (R¼diger Thiele, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1206, 2011)

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