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Distinguished Figures in Mechanism and Machine Science

Part of the History of Mechanism and Machine Science Book Series (volume 7)

Editors: Ceccarelli, Marco

DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2346-9

ISBN: 978-90-481-2345-2

Publisher: Springer Netherlands - Springer Journals

Nov 5, 2009

1 - 10 of 13 Chapters

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AL-JAZARI (1136–1206)

Romdhane, Lotfi; Zeghloul, Saïd

Pages: 1 –21

[Ismail Al-Jazari, Arab inventor who is remembered for his design of water-raising machines and many unusual clocks and automata. His book entitled: “Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechanical Devices” presents a whole range of devices and machines, with a multiplicity of purposes.]
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Ivan Ivanovich Artobolevski (1905–1977)

Egorova, Olga V.; Umnov, Nikolai V.

Pages: 23 –42

[Ivan Ivanovich Artobolevski devoted his life to the science of machines and to the creation of a theoretical base for the construction of modern and future machines which could improve man’s work and release him from tiresome, monotonous and unhealthy operations. He received enormous respect and...
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Ludwig Burmester (1840–1927)

Koetsier, Teun

Pages: 43 –64

[Ludwig Burmester was a nineteenth century German mathematician. His Lehrbuch der Kinematik, Erster Band, Die ebene Bewegung (Textbook of Kinematics, First Volume, Planar Motion), of 1888, contains the first far-reaching attempt at a synthesis of theoretical kinematics and kinematics of...
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Henry George (Harry) Ferguson (1884–1960)

Pennock, Gordon R.

Pages: 65 –94

[This article reviews the life and significant contributions of Henry George (Harry) Ferguson, the pioneer of a system of farm mechanization which helped to revolutionize agriculture. Ferguson, see Fig. 1, was the inventor of the tractor that bears his name and which led to a partnership with...
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Juanelo (1501–1585)

Bautista, Emilio; Muñoz, José Luis; Echávarri, Javier

Pages: 95 –110

[Juanelo Turriano was a clockmaker, astronomer, mathematician, and a mechanical and hydraulic engineer. He worked for kings Charles I and Philip II during the Iberian Empire. His most important device was called the “Dancing Machine” and was built in the sixteenth century in Toledo, the capital...
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José María Lanz y Zaldívar (1764–1839)

Cajún, Carlos S. López

Pages: 111 –121

[The Mexican José María Lanz y Zaldívar was one of the authors, together with the Spaniard Agustín de Betancourt, of the first book about industrial kinematics, dealing with mechanisms classification in a systematic fashion. The book, written in French, was published first in Paris in 1908 and...
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Nicolae Manolescu (1907–1993)

Ionescu, Theodor

Pages: 123 –139

[Nicolae Manolescu is the founder of the Romanian school of Mechanism and Machine Science (MMS) and one of the IFToMM founders.Through his extensive scientific activity, he approached numerous MMS topics but, above all, he carried out studies on the numerical, structural and kinematic analysis...
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Francesco Masi (1852–1944)

Ceccarelli, Marco

Pages: 141 –162

[In this paper, the figure and work of Francesco Masi is presented as an influent professor in the field of TMM in Italy. His main contribution, still of present-day significance, can be recognized in the rigorous systematization of Reuleaux’s classification of mechanisms together with an...
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Adam Morecki (1929–2001)

Zielinska, Teresa; Kedzior, Krzysztof

Pages: 163 –174

[Adam Morecki contributed significantly to the advancements in several fields of mechanical science. He worked on the classification of mechanisms, developed the model of skeletal muscles co-operation, stimulated great progress in modeling and design of elastic manipulators and walking machines....
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Feodor Orlov 1843–1892

Golovin, Alexander; Tarabarin, Valentin; Tarabarina, Zinaida

Pages: 175 –197

[Professor Feodor Orlov was one of the founders of the Moscow School of Applied Mechanics. His activities from the year 1872 until his death in 1892 were connected with the two biggest academies: the Moscow University and the Imperial Moscow Technical School (IMTS). He had graduated at the Moscow...

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