History of Rotating Machinery Dynamics

• Main Author: Rao, J. S. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2011.
• Series: History of Mechanism and Machine Science, 20
• Subjects: Engineering.; Structural mechanics.; Mechanical engineering.; Machinery.; Mechanical Engineering.; Machinery and Machine Elements.; Structural Mechanics.

This book starts with the invention of the wheel nearly 5000 years ago, and via Archimedes, Aristotle and Hero describes the first practical applications such as water wheels and grinding wheels, pushing on to more rigorous scientific research by inquiring minds such as Leonardo da Vinci and Coperni...