HISTORY OF MACHINES AND MECHANISMS

By Y. GAVIU

CONTENTS 1 ON MACHINES BEFORE MAN 2 ON THE MACHINES OF PRIMITIVE MAN 6 ON POPULAR MACHINES 13 19 ON WAR MACHINES 20 ON TEXTILE MACHINERY 23 ON HYDRAULIC MACHINERY 26 ON CLOCKS AND AUTOMATONS 33 ON CONTINUITY OVER THE MILLENNIA 42 43 ON TECHNOLOGICAL EVIDENCE 44 ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF INGENIOUS MECHANISMS 45 ON GEARS AND SCREWS 52 ON THE WAY TO MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 53 ON VITRUVIUS’S INFLUENCE 59 ON HARMONY IN MACHINES 60 65 ON RAISING WATER 66 ON CLOCKS AND AUTOMATONS 74 ON THE TRANSITION IN EUROPE 84 91 ON WAR MACHINES 94 ON LIFTING MACHINES 95 ON HYDRAULIC MACHINES ON MACHINE TOOLS ON MACHINES FOR TRACTION AND TRANSPORT ON MACHINES FOR THE RURAL WORLD ON DOMESTIC APPARATUS ON RAISING WATER ON MILLS ON LIFTING DEVICES ON OTHER DEVICES ON MACHINERY AND PRECIOUS METALS ON AUTOMATONS ON TEXTILE MACHINERY ON THE EVOLUTION OF HANDCRAFT MANUFACTURING ON HYDRAULIC MACHINES ON STEAM ENGINES ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPORT ON AUTOMATIC ASTRONOMICAL DEVICES ON RE-EXAMINING GRECO-ROMAN WORKS ON THE SYSTEMATISATION OF MACHINE STUDY ON PROGRESS IN PRACTICAL USE ON MATHEMATIZATION OF MECHANISM DESIGN ON MACHINE TRAINING FINAL REMARKS LOOKING AT THE FUTURE ON THE CHALLENGE OF BIODEVICES ON THE CHALLENGES WITH MECHATRONICS CHRONIC TABLE REFERENCES