Overview
- Description of distinguished figures in descriptive geometry and mechanisms science
- Interpretation of their achievements in descriptive geometry and mechanisms science
- Survey of technical evolution in descriptive geometry and mechanisms science
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: History of Mechanism and Machine Science (HMMS, volume 30)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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About this book
This book consists of chapters that focus specifically on single figures that worked on Descriptive Geometry and also in Mechanisms Sciences and contain biographical notes, a survey of their work and their achievements, together with a modern interpretation of their legacy.
Since Vitruvius in ancient times, and with Brunelleschi in the Renaissance, the two disciplines began to share a common direction which, over the centuries, took shape through less well-known figures until the more recent times in which Gaspard Monge worked.
Over the years, a gap has been created between Descriptive Geometry and Mechanism Science, which now appear to belong to different worlds. In reality, however, there is a very close relationship between the two disciplines, with a link based on extremely solid foundations. Without the theoretical foundations of Geometry it would not be possible to draw and design mechanical parts such as gears, while in Kinematics it would be less easy to design and predict the reciprocal movements of parts in a complex mechanical assembly.
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Distinguished Figures in Descriptive Geometry and Its Applications for Mechanism Science
Book Subtitle: From the Middle Ages to the 17th Century
Editors: Michela Cigola
Series Title: History of Mechanism and Machine Science
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-20197-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Engineering, Engineering (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-20196-2Published: 07 August 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-35658-7Published: 15 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-20197-9Published: 27 July 2015
Series ISSN: 1875-3442
Series E-ISSN: 1875-3426
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 248
Number of Illustrations: 165 b/w illustrations
Topics: Mechanical Engineering, Architectural History and Theory, Mathematics in Art and Architecture, History of Science