International Symposium on History of Machines and Mechanisms

1. Front Matter

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2. History of IFToMM

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. A Short Introduction on IFToMM Officers Over Time

      • Marco Ceccarelli

      Pages 3-10

   3. On the IFToMM Permanent Commission for History of MMS

      • Marco Ceccarelli, Teun Koetsier

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   4. Past, Present and Future in Mechanism and Machine Science Terminology

      • Theodor Ionescu, Gerhard Bögelsack, Tatu Leinonen

      Pages 27-33

   5. Development and Activities of the IFToMM Rotordynamic Committee, 1977–2004

      • Neville F. Rieger

      Pages 35-38

3. Ancient Machines

   1. Front Matter

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   2. A Study on Western and Chinese Locks Based on Encyclopedias and Dictionaries

      • Hong-Sen Yan, Hsing-Hui Huang

      Pages 41-55

   3. A Simulating Experiment on the Ancient Chinese Astronomical Clock Tower

      • Gao Xuan, Lu Zhen

      Pages 57-68

   4. Engineering Aspects of the Collapse of the Colossus of Rhodes Statue

      • Neville F. Rieger

      Pages 69-85

   5. “Deus-Ex-Machina” Reconstruction and Dynamics

      • Thomas G. Chondros

      Pages 87-104

4. Past Ideas for New Designs

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 105-105

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   2. Some Examples from the History of Machinery in Teaching TMM

      • Alexander Borisov, Alexander Golovin, Anastasia Ermakova

      Pages 107-117

   3. Marionette: From Traditional Manipulation to Robotic Manipulation

      • I-Ming Chen, Raymond Tay, Shusong Xing, Song Huat Yeo

      Pages 119-133

5. People in MMS and Their Works

   1. Front Matter

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   2. Bauman University TMM Department in the Former Half of the XXTH Century (Professor N. Mertsalov & Professor L. Smirnov)

      • Alexander Golovin

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   3. History of Machines and Mechanisms by the Stevens Family and at Stevens Institute of Technology

      • Richard S. Berkof

      Pages 149-162

   4. Russian Scientist — Mechanics Ufimtsev A.G.

      • Zaharov Ivan, Jatsun Sergey, Jatsun Svetlana

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   5. The Kinematic Work of W. Wunderlich

      • Manfred Husty

      Pages 169-178

6. Historical Development of Theories

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The HMM2004 International Symposium on History of Machines and Mechanisms is the second event of a series that has been started in 2000 as 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 History of MMS from technical viewpoints in order to track the past but also to look at future developments in MMS. The HMM Symposium Series is devoted to the technical aspects of historical deve- pments and therefore it has been addressed mainly to the IFToMM Community. In fact, most the authors of the contributed papers are experts in MMS and related topics. This year HMM Symposium came back to Cassino, after the challenging first event in 2000. The HMM2004 International Symposium on History of Machines and Mechanisms was held at the University of Cassino, Italy, from 12 to 15 May 2004. These Proceedings contain 29 papers by authors from all around the world. These papers cover the wide field 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. History of IFToMM, the International Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Machine Science is also outlined through the historical activities of some of its Commissions.

• 1900
• Feder
• Rotor
• design
• development
• mechanical engineering
• mechanics
• robot

• Laboratorio di Robotica e Meccatronica, Dipartimento di Meccanica, Strutture, Ambiente e Territorio, Università di Cassino, Cassino, Italy

  Marco Ceccarelli

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