Machines and Signs A History of the Drawing of Machines /
This volume addresses the cultural, technical and ethical motivations of the history of drawing of machines and its developments step by step. First it treats drawings without any technical character; then the Renaissance with its new forms of drawing; the 18th century, with orthographic projections...
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Μορφή: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο |
Γλώσσα: | English |
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Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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Σειρά: | History of Mechanism and Machine Science,
17 |
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Διαθέσιμο Online: | Full Text via HEAL-Link |
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
- 1. Introduction: State of the art
- Some preliminary considerations about the history of drawing
- Conclusions
- 2. Motivation of the history of technique: Culture
- Technique
- Aesthetics
- Ethic
- 3. The first steps: Introduction
- Prehistoric Age
- Ancient times
- Middle Ages
- Conclusions
- 4. Renaissance: General considerations
- The authors
- Introduction
- Examples
- The first steps of the scientific documentation
- The first “technical” drawings
- Some conclusions
- 5. The 18th Century: Introduction
- Gaspard Monge
- The orthographic projections
- The first application of orthographic projections
- The encyclopedic books
- The drawing as didactic and popular tool
- The drawing as documentary tool for scientists
- The drawing instruments
- 6. The 19th Century: Introduction
- The first modern industries
- First steps of the institutionalized teaching
- The drawing as documentation tool for scientists
- The drawing as tool for scientific-technical divulgation
- Drawing instruments
- 7. The 20th Century: Introduction
- Drawing standards
- Historical background
- Standardization Institutions
- Drawing standards
- Development of industry
- Industries born in 20th Century
- Examples of drawings of 19th Century
- Development of technical schools
- General characters
- Fundamental steps
- Since 1900 to 1920
- Since 1920 to 1950
- Since 1950 to 1970
- Since 1970 until today
- Application of the computer
- Drawing instruments
- 8. Archives of historical drawings: Role of archives of historical drawings
- Steps to realize an historical archive
- Examples applied to the car suspensions
- General considerations
- Structure of the data base
- 9. The critical observation of historical drawings: Technicians, engineers and designers
- Standardization organizations
- Teachers and students
- Historians
- The lesson of historical heritage
- Index.