Title The machines of Leonardo da Vinci and Franz Reuleaux : kinematics of machines from the Renaissance to the 20th century / by Francis C. Moon

Published Dordrecht, the Netherlands : Springer, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xxxi, 416 pages) : illustrations Series History of mechanism and machine science ; v. 2 History of mechanism and machine science ; v. 2. Contents Leonardo da Vinci and Franz Reuleaux: Machine Engineers -- Leonardo da Vinci and Franz Reuleaux: Machine Engineers -- Evolution of Design of Machines -- Evolution of Design of Machines -- Comparison of the Kinematic Mechanisms of Leonardo and Reuleaux -- Comparison of the Kinematic Mechanisms of Leonardo and Reuleaux Summary "This book examines the evolution of machine design methodology from the Renaissance to the Age of Machines in the 19th century. This premise is based in part on the work of the da Vinci scholar Ladislao Reti who translated the last discovered work of Leonardo da Vinci in 1967. In the Codex Madrid, Reti found evidence that Leonardo planned to write a book on basic machine elements and compared the great artist-engineer's drawings to the work of 19th C. machine theorist Franz Reuleaux of Berlin. Reuleaux is credited with classifying the basic elements of machine design and also enumerating six basic classes of mechanisms to change motion from one form to another. Moon's book carries Reti's thesis further and provides detailed analysis, comparing design concepts of engineers of the 15th century Renaissance and the 19th century age of machines from a workshop tradition to the rational scientific discipline used today."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-393) and index Notes English Print version record In Springer e-books Subject Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519 -- Knowledge -- Machine design Reuleaux, F. (Franz), 1829-1905 -- Knowledge -- Machine design SUBJECT Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519 fast Reuleaux, F. (Franz), 1829-1905 fast Subject Machinery, Kinematics of -- History Machine design -- History Mechanical engineers -- Biography History. Engineering. Mechanical engineering. History Engineering history (discipline) engineering. mechanical engineering. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Machinery. Ingénierie. Machine design Machinery, Kinematics of Mechanical engineers Genre/Form Biographies History Biographies. Biographies. Form Electronic book ISBN 9781402055997 1402055994 1402055986 9781402055980

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