A Brief Illustrated History of Machines and Mechanisms

• Main Authors: Bautista Paz, Emilio (Author), Ceccarelli, Marco (Author), Echávarri Otero, Javier (Author), Muñoz Sanz, José Luis (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
• Series: History of Mechanism and Machine Science, 10
• Subjects: Engineering.; History.; Mechanical engineering.; Engineering design.; Machinery.; Archaeology.; Engineering Design.; History of Science.; Machinery and Machine Elements.; Mechanical Engineering.

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...

Table of Contents:

• Anonymous Developments
• Chinese Inventions and Machines
• Mechanical Engineering in Antiquity
• Medieval Machines and Mechanisms
• The Machine Renaissance
• Machines in the First Colonial Empires
• Machinery During the Industrial Revolution
• A Vision on Machines.