Essays on the History of Mechanical Engineering

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Sorge, Francesco (Editor), Genchi, Giuseppe (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2016.
• Series: History of Mechanism and Machine Science, 31
• Subjects: Engineering.; Physics.; Mechanical engineering.; Manufacturing industries.; Machines.; Tools.; Mechanical Engineering.; History and Philosophical Foundations of Physics.; Manufacturing, Machines, Tools.

This book treats several subjects from the History of Mechanism and Machine Science, and also contains an illustrative presentation of the Museum of Engines and Mechanisms of the University of Palermo, Italy, which houses a collection of various pieces of machinery from the last 150 years. The vario...