Ceccarelli Marco, Baichun Zhang(eds.). Explorations in the History and Heritage of Machines and Mechanisms: Proceedings of the 2018 HMM IFToMM Symposium on History of Machines and Mechanisms

Springer International Publishing, 2019 — 355 p. — (History of Mechanism and Machine Science 37) — ISBN 9783030035372, 978-3-030-03538-9This is the proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on History of Machines and Mechanisms that was held in Beijing, China, in September 2018. The Symposium provided an international forum for presenting and discussing historical developments in the field of Machine and Mechanism Science (MMS). Special sections focused on the following topics:
. modern reviews of past works
· engineers in history, and their works
· direct memories of the recent past
· the development of theories
· the history of the design of machines and mechanisms
· development of automation and robots
· the development of teaching of MMS
· the schools and institutes of mechanical engineering
· the heritage of machines and mechanismsEngineers and Their Stories
Mechanics (Machines) in Ishaq Efendi, the Chief Instructor of Military School in the Ottomans. Melek Dosay Gökdoğan
Giuseppe Ceredi. A Hydraulic Engineer in 16th-Century Italy. L. Traetta
The Innovation Process of the First Curved Mold Caster in China. L. F. Lei, Y. B. Fang, and W. Qian
Shen Hong: A Legendary Engineer of China’s Modern Machinery Industry. L. Sun
Jan Oderfeld (1908–2010): Retrospective Memories of the Past. Janusz Wawrzecki
An Overview on the Studies of the History of Machinery in China. Baichun Zhang and Yexin Liu
History of Machine Design
History of Human Powered Oil Expeller: A Literature Review. S. M. Sheikh and K. S. Zakiuddin
Literature Review on the Developments of Rice Milling Machines. M. Sohail Pervez and K. S. Zakiuddin
Modeling an Antique Grinding Mill of Guanajuato Silver Mines. Juan Carlos Jauregui-Correa and Omar Escamilla-Gonzalez
The Hydraulic Tilt Hammer in Ancient China. Xiaolei Shi
Reconstruction and Analysis of Zhan’s Sand Clock in the 14th Century. Y. H. Chen, Marco Ceccarelli, and Hong-Sen Yan
Exploration of Ancient Machinery: From Reconstruction Research to Exhibition and Science Education. J. L. Lin, Y. H. Chen, K. H. Hsiao, and J. F. Huang
Relationships Between Paper Mills and Technological Evolution of Paper Production. S. Gargaro, M. Cigola, A. Gallozzi, and R. Catuogno
Light Drawings: Representation and Design. E. Chiavoni
Ancient Mechanisms
Mechanisms in Heron’s Automata as Technological Transfer and Cultural Means. R. Bragastini and M. Ceccarelli
Analysis and Reconstruction of a Platform with Ball Bearings in Roman Ships of Nemi Lake. M. Ceccarelli, P. G. Molari, S. Ceccarelli, C. Conti, and G. Martines
Application and Influence of Flap Valve Mechanism on Ancient Bellows. X. Huang and L. F. Li
Historical and Technological Study of the 26 and 30 Mechanisms of «The Book of Secrets» by Ibn Khalaf al-Muradi. S. Torres-Garrido, R. Lopez-Garcia, D. Carou-Porto, and R. Dorado-Vicente
The Astrolabe: A Mechanism for Reading the Stars. B. Aterini
Mathematical Instruments Used in the Military Engineering Academies of the Ottomans. Irem Aslan Seyhan
History of Modern Technology
Transfer of Modern High Draft Technology to China. X. Su
A Brief Introduction to the Steam Locomotives Made in China. Zhizhong Zhang
From the Unimate to the Delta Robot: The Early Decades of Industrial Robotics. A. Gasparetto and L. Scalera
Towards GIM, the Global Intelligent Machine. Teun Koetsier
Historical Development of BHR Humanoid Robots. Qiang Huang, Tianqi Yang, Wenxi Liao, Weimin Zhang, Zhangguo Yu, Xuechao Chen, and M. Ceccarelli
Teaching Wonder (From 3rd Century BCE to 21st Century CE). N. Ambrosetti
The Scientific Background of the Russian Revolution and Some Origins of TMM. A. R. E. Oliveira
Author Index