International Symposium on History of Machines and Mechanisms, Vol. 0
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The HMM2004 International Symposium on History of Machines and Mechanisms is the second event of a series that started in 2000 as the main activity of the IFToMM Permanent Commission for History of MMS, Mechanism and Machine Science. The aim of the HMM Symposium is to be a forum to exchange views, opinions, and experiences on the history of MMS from technical viewpoints in order to track the past but also to look at future developments in MMS. These Proceedings contain about 30 papers by authors from all around the world. The papers cover the wide range of the history of mechanical engineering. and particularly the history of MMS. The contributions address mainly technical aspects of historical developments of machines and mechanisms. The history of the IFToMM, the International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science, is also outlined through the historical activities of its Commissions. Original sources are referenced in the papers so that these Proceedings can be also considered a kind of handbook on the history of machines and mechanisms.
1History of IFToMMA short introduction on IFToMM officers over time3On the IFToMM permanent commission for history of MMS11Past, present and future in mechanism and machine science terminology27Development and activities of the IFToMM rotordynamic committee, 1977-2004352Ancient machinesA study on Western and Chinese locks based on encyclopedias and dictionaries41A simulating experiment on the ancient Chinese astronomical clock tower57Engineering aspects of the collapse of the Colossus of Rhodes statue69"Deus-ex-machina" reconstruction and dynamics873Past ideas for new designsSome examples from the history of machinery in teaching TMM107Marionette : from traditional manipulation to robotic manipulation1194People in MMS and their worksBauman University TMM department in the former half of the XX-th century (Professor N. Mertsalov & Professor I. Smirnov)137History of machines and mechanisms by the Stevens family and at Stevens Institute of Technology149Russian scientist : mechanics Ufimtsev A.G.163The kinematic work of W. Wunderlich1695Historical development of theoriesThe Archimedean screw-pump : a note on its invention and the development of the theory181A note on the history of trigonometric functions195On the development of the constraint motion theory of Franz Reuleaux - an overview201The contribution of Coulomb to applied mechanics2176Mechanical designsDevelopment of design of ship-to-shore container cranes : 1959-2004229Evolution of design, use and strength calculations of screw threads and threaded joints243Industrial archaeology : from the 17-th to the 21-st century : reconstruction of Herschel's telescope259Piston engine versus rotary engine - possible structural solutions in the invention and development of the steam engine before 19002697Mechanism analysis and designHistorical evolution of the classification of mechanisms285On the history of focal mechanisms and their derivatives303Historical evolution of the pole-theory315The Reuleaux models creating an international digital library of kinematics history3318Automata and robotsThe history of the creation and development of hand-operated balanced manipulators (HOBM)347Development of walking machines, historical perspective357Biped robots : the state of art371The early development of remote tele-manipulation systems391
