Distinguished Figures in Mechanism and Machine Science Their Contrib
This is the second volume in a series of edited books whose aim is to collect contributed papers devoted to descriptions of the life and work of famous persons in MMS (Mechanism and Machine Science). Papers illustrate personalities by recognizing the peop
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HISTORY OF MECHANISM AND MACHINE SCIENCE Volume 7 Series Editor MARCO CECCARELLI
Aims and Scope of the Series This book series aims to establish a well defined forum for Monographs and Proceedings on the History of Mechanism and Machine Science (MMS). The series publishes works that give an overview of the historical developments, from the earliest times up to and including the recent past, of MMS in all its technical aspects. This technical approach is an essential characteristic of the series. By discussing technical details and formulations and even reformulating those in terms of modern formalisms the possibility is created not only to track the historical technical developments but also to use past experiences in technical teaching and research today. In order to do so, the emphasis must be on technical aspects rather than a purely historical focus, although the latter has its place too. Furthermore, the series will consider the republication of out-of-print older works with English translation and comments. The book series is intended to collect technical views on historical developments of the broad field of MMS in a unique frame that can be seen in its totality as an Encyclopaedia of the History of MMS but with the additional purpose of archiving and teaching the History of MMS. Therefore the book series is intended not only for researchers of the History of Engineering but also for professionals and students who are interested in obtaining a clear perspective of the past for their future technical works. The books will be written in general by engineers but not only for engineers. Prospective authors and editors can contact the series editor, Professor M. Ceccarelli, about future publications within the series at: LARM: Laboratory of Robotics and Mechatronics DiMSAT – University of Cassino Via Di Biasio 43, 03043 Cassino (Fr) Italy E-mail: [email protected]
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Marco Ceccarelli Editor
Distinguished Figures in Mechanism and Machine Science Their Contributions and Legacies, Part 2
Editor Marco Ceccarelli DiMSAT University of Cassino Italy [email protected]
ISBN 978-90-481-2345-2 e-ISBN 978-90-481-2346-9 DOI 10.1007/978-90-481-2346-9 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg London New York Library of Congress Control Number: 2009941468 © Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2010 No part of this work may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher, with the exception of any material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Series Preface
This is the second volume of a series of edited books whose aim is to collect contributed papers within a framework that can serve as
