SPRINGER newbook serieson

HistoryofMechanismandMachineScience (HMMS)
SeriesEditor:MarcoCeccarelli,UniversityofCassino,Italy

The newbookseries startedinJune 2007withthree volumes andis novelinits conceptoftreating historicaldevelopmentswithatechnicalapproachtoillustratetheevolutionofmattersofMechanical Engineeringthatarerelatedspecificallytomechanismandmachinescience.Thus,booksintheseries describe historical developments by mainly looking at technical details with the aim to give interpretationsandinsightsofpastachievements.Theattentiontotechnicaldetailsisusednotonlyto track the past by giving credit to past efforts and solutions but mainly to learn from the past approachesandproceduresthatcanstillbeofcurrentinterestandusebothforteachingandresearch. Inordertoreachthisgoal,theemphasismustbeontechnicalaspectsratherthanonapurelyhistorical focus,althoughthelatterhasitsplace,too. Moreover, the book series is intended also for professionals and students who are interested in obtainingaclearperspectivefromthe pasttothefuture.Thebooksintheseriesarewrittenandwillbe written ingeneralbyengineers,butnotonlyforengineers.Thedemandingaimofthebookseriesisto givehistoriansandtechnicalresearcherssatisfactionfromandmotivationfortheirworkbybecoming awareofthehistoricalframeworkwhichformsthebackgroundoftheirresearch.

Volume1

MarcoCeccarelli,UniversityofCassino,Italy(Ed.)

Distinguished Figures in Mechanism and Machine Science Their Contributions and Legacies(Part1)
The first volume of the new SPRINGER book series on HMMS collects contributed papers in a frameworkthatcanserveasadictionaryofnamesofindividualswhohavemadecontributionstothe disciplineofMechanismandMachineScience(MMS).Thisdictionaryprojectsincludesthenamesof 16famousscientistsandengineersoftheoldandrecentpast,i.e. Archimedes(287212BC) OeneBottema(19011992) NicolausCopernicus(14731543) FerdinandFreudenstein(19262006) HeronofAlexandria(1085) XianZhouLiu(18901975) ThodoreOlivier(17931853) JamesWatt(17361819) AgustndeBetancourtyMolina(17581824) WilliamKingdonClifford(18451879) AlexanderYershov(18181867) KurtHain(19081995) WillibaldLichtenheldt(19011980) GiulioMozzi(17301813) UfimtsevAnatolyGeorgievich(18801936) WalterWunderlich(19101998)

andhasthepeculiaritythat,throughdescriptionsoftheideasandworkoftheseindividuals,thepapers illustrate mainly technical developments in the historical evolution of fields that today describe the scope of MMS.Thus, the core of each contributionisasurvey ofbiographical notes describingthe works,efforts,andexperiencesofthesepeople. ThepapersinthisvolumecoverthewidefieldoftheHistoryofMechanicalEngineeringwithspecific focusonMMSwithinaperiodofaround2000years.Appropriateinvitedauthorswhoareexpertson thedifferentfields ofMMShavewrittenthepapersthatrepresentthenovelcharacteristics ofsurvey andhistoricalnotes.

Volume2

FrancisC.Moon,CornellUniversity,Ithaca,NewYork,USA

The Machines of Leonardo da Vinci and Franz Reuleaux Kinematics of Machines th fromtheRenaissancetothe20 Century
ThisbookexaminestheevolutionofmachinedesignmethodologyfromtheRenaissancetotheAgeof th th Machinesinthe19 centuryformingultimatelyalsothebaseofthe20 centurymachinery. Already Leonardo planned to write a book on basic machine elements. Such a book was finally written by ReuleauxinBerlinwhoclassifiedthebasicelementsofmachinedesignenumeratingsixbasicclasses ofmechanismstochangemotionfromoneformtoanother. ThedesignideasofLeonardoandReuleauxareplacedinthehistorical,economicandsocialcontext oftheirtimes.ThereisalsoanappendixwithashortdescriptionofthefamousTheatreofMachines th th booksofthe15 tothe18 centuries.Thebookmakesuseoftheuniquecollectionof230kinematic models of Reuleaux at Cornell University. Detailed comparisons of 20 basic machine mechanisms suchastheslidercrankandfourbarlinkagesinbothLeonardosdrawingsandReuleauxsmodelsare th made. These models illustrate the elegance and aesthetics of machine design in the 19 century pioneeredbyReuleaux. TheauthorFrancisC.MoonisaworldwidewellknownexpertonthelifeworkofFranzReuleauxand works as Curator of the Reuleaux Kinematic Model Collection at Cornell University. In his book, Moon gives a convincing argument that the development of a rational design methodology for th machines that grew from the time of Leonardoto the early 20 century was as great a feat as the inventionsofthemachinesthemselves.

Volume3

HongSenYan,NationalChengKungUniversity,Tainan,Taiwan

ReconstructionDesignofLostAncientChineseMachinery
This book presents an innovative approach for the reconstruction design of lost ancient Chinese machinery.Bycombiningthecreativemechanismdesignmethodologywiththemechanicalevolution andvariationtheory,allfeasibleandappropriatedesignsthatareconsistentwiththesciencetheories and techniques of the subject time period can be systematically recreated. South pointing chariots, walking machines, the seismograph, and the astronomical mechanical clock are used as illustrated examples.Thecultural,scientific,andtechnologicalbackgroundoftheseachievementsareexplained. Beforenewliteratureisfound,thisbookprovidesanoveldirectionandauniquetoolforstudyingthe lost machinery in ancient China and around the world. Furthermore, after reacquaintance with invaluableancientwisdom,stimulatinginnovativemachineryisalsoanticipated. The author HongSen Yan is Chair Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the NationalChengKungUniversityofTainan.HeisatthesametimeChairmanoftheBoardofTrustees ofAncientChineseMachineryCulturalFoundationinTainanandaspecialistandcollectorofancient Chineselocks.

Formoreinformationpleasevisitthewebpage"http://www.springer.com/series/7481"!
Braunschweig,November22,2007 Dr.Ing.HanfriedKerle TechnicalUniversityofBraunschweig,Germany InstituteofMachineToolsandProductionTechnology LangerKamp19b,D38106Braunschweig ChairmanoftheIFToMMPermanentCommission forthe HistoryofMechanismandMachineScience EMail:h.kerle@tonline.de