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Leonardo da Vinci and Franz Reuleaux : machine engineers | |
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Introduction | |
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Modern applications of kinematics : Leonardo in your toothbrush | |
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Deconstructing the machine : constructive elements of design | |
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Leonardo, 'Ingenieur Ordinaire' | |
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Franz Reuleaux : engineer-scientist | |
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Influence of Leonardo da Vinci on 19th C. machine theorists | |
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Kinematics of machines : the geometry of motion | |
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Visual and topological thinking : Reuleaux's language of invention | |
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Summary | |
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Evolution of design of machines | |
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Introduction | |
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Visual kinematic perception of mechanisms | |
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Ancient Greek and Roman machines | |
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Machines in the Bible | |
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Roger Bacon on marvelous machines in the 13th century | |
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Machines of the Middle Ages | |
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Scientific and technical milieu in the Renaissance machine age | |
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Francesco di Giorgio Martini : the Leonardo of Siena | |
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Theatre of machines books : imitation or invention? | |
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Mathematics, mechanics and design of machines | |
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Art and the machine engineer | |
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Concepts of design and invention by Leonardo and Reuleaux | |
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Models as the new 'theatre of machines' | |
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James Watt and the steam engine : pathways of machine evolution | |
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Machine engineers and inventors in the 19th century | |
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Berlin and the machine age of the 19th century | |
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Lost knowledge from the age of machines : mathematical kinematics and rotary engines | |
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Prime mover machines : thermodynamics, kinematics and materials | |
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Flying machines of Leonardo and Lilienthal | |
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Kinematics of animal and human motion | |
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Leonardo in a robot : automata, clocks and controlled machines | |
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Leonardo and Reuleaux : a summary | |
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Color plates | |
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Comparison of the kinematic mechanisms of Leonardo and Reuleaux | |
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References, bibliography & appendices | |
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Cited references | |
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Books on the life of Leonardo da Vinci and as machine engineer | |
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Books on the history of machines in the Industrial Age | |
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Books on the history of the Renaissance in Europe | |
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Books and articles on Franz Reuleaux and the kinematic theory of machines | |
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Books and articles on kinematics of human and animal motion | |
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History of machines-related books for a teaching, design studio library | |
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A summary of 'theatre of machines' books 15th-18th centuries | |
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On-line books and papers at Cornell University library on the history of machines and mechanisms | |
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Student exercises in the history of machines | |