Explorations in the History of Machines and Mechanisms

Download or read book Explorations in the History of Machines and Mechanisms written by Teun Koetsier and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-04-05 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contains the proceedings of HMM2012, the 4th International Symposium on Historical Developments in the field of Mechanism and Machine Science (MMS). These proceedings cover recent research concerning all aspects of the development of MMS from antiquity until the present and its historiography: machines, mechanisms, kinematics, dynamics, concepts and theories, design methods, collections of methods, collections of models, institutions and biographies.