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Explorations in the History and Heritage of Machines and Mechanisms

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    Chapter 1 Mechanics (Machines) in Ishaq Efendi, the Chief Instructor of Military School in the Ottomans
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    Chapter 2 Giuseppe Ceredi. A Hydraulic Engineer in 16th-Century Italy
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    Chapter 3 The Innovation Process of the First Curved Mold Caster in China
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    Chapter 4 Shen Hong: A Legendary Engineer of China’s Modern Machinery Industry
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    Chapter 5 Jan Oderfeld (1908–2010): Retrospective Memories of the Past
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    Chapter 6 An Overview on the Studies of the History of Machinery in China
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    Chapter 7 History of Human Powered Oil Expeller: A Literature Review
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    Chapter 8 Literature Review on the Developments of Rice Milling Machines
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    Chapter 9 Modeling an Antique Grinding Mill of Guanajuato Silver Mines
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    Chapter 10 The Hydraulic Tilt Hammer in Ancient China
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    Chapter 11 Reconstruction and Analysis of Zhan’s Sand Clock in the 14th Century
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    Chapter 12 Exploration of Ancient Machinery: From Reconstruction Research to Exhibition and Science Education
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    Chapter 13 Relationships Between Paper Mills and Technological Evolution of Paper Production
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    Chapter 14 Light Drawings: Representation and Design
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    Chapter 15 Mechanisms in Heron’s Automata as Technological Transfer and Cultural Means
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    Chapter 16 Analysis and Reconstruction of a Platform with Ball Bearings in Roman Ships of Nemi Lake
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    Chapter 17 Application and Influence of Flap Valve Mechanism on Ancient Bellows
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    Chapter 18 Historical and Technological Study of the 26 and 30 Mechanisms of “The Book of Secrets” by Ibn Khalaf al-Muradi
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    Chapter 19 The Astrolabe: A Mechanism for Reading the Stars
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    Chapter 20 Mathematical Instruments Used in the Military Engineering Academies of the Ottomans
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    Chapter 21 Transfer of Modern High Draft Technology to China
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    Chapter 22 A Brief Introduction to the Steam Locomotives Made in China
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    Chapter 23 From the Unimate to the Delta Robot: The Early Decades of Industrial Robotics
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    Chapter 24 Towards GIM, the Global Intelligent Machine
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    Chapter 25 Historical Development of BHR Humanoid Robots
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    Chapter 26 Teaching Wonder (From 3 rd Century BCE to 21 st Century CE)
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    Chapter 27 The Scientific Background of the Russian Revolution and Some Origins of TMM
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Title
Explorations in the History and Heritage of Machines and Mechanisms
Published by
Springer International Publishing, January 2019
DOI 10.1007/978-3-030-03538-9
ISBNs
978-3-03-003537-2, 978-3-03-003538-9
Editors

Zhang, Baichun, Ceccarelli, Marco

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United Kingdom 1 9%
Unknown 10 91%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 2 18%
Student > Master 2 18%
Student > Postgraduate 1 9%
Other 1 9%
Unknown 5 45%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Engineering 3 27%
Arts and Humanities 2 18%
Social Sciences 1 9%
Unknown 5 45%