Machines and Signs : A History of the Drawing of Machines /

Machines and Signs : A History of the Drawing of Machines /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Rovida, Edoardo. (Autor)
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Formato: eBook
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2013.
Edición:1st ed. 2013.
Colección:History of Mechanism and Machine Science, 17
Materias:
Engineering design.
History.
Popular works.
Engineering Design.
History of Science.
Popular Science, general.
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Introduction: State of the art
  •  Some preliminary considerations about the history of drawing
  •  Conclusions
  •  2. Motivation of the history of technique: Culture
  •  Technique
  •  Aesthetics
  •  Ethic
  •  3. The first steps: Introduction
  •  Prehistoric Age
  •  Ancient times
  •  Middle Ages
  •  Conclusions
  •  4. Renaissance: General considerations
  •  The authors
  •  Introduction
  •  Examples
  •  The first steps of the scientific documentation
  •  The first “technical” drawings
  •  Some conclusions
  •  5. The 18th Century: Introduction
  •  Gaspard Monge
  •  The orthographic projections
  •  The first application of orthographic projections
  •  The encyclopedic books
  •  The drawing as didactic and popular tool
  •  The drawing as documentary tool for scientists
  •  The drawing instruments
  •  6. The 19th Century: Introduction
  •  The first modern industries
  •  First steps of the institutionalized teaching
  •  The drawing as documentation tool for scientists
  •  The drawing as tool for scientific-technical divulgation
  •  Drawing instruments
  •  7. The 20th Century: Introduction
  •  Drawing standards
  •  Historical background
  •  Standardization Institutions
  •  Drawing standards
  •  Development of industry
  •  Industries born in 20th Century
  •  Examples of drawings of 19th Century
  •  Development of technical schools
  •  General characters
  •  Fundamental steps
  •  Since 1900 to 1920
  •  Since 1920 to 1950
  •  Since 1950 to 1970
  •  Since 1970 until today
  •  Application of the computer
  •  Drawing instruments
  •  8. Archives of historical drawings: Role of archives of historical drawings
  •  Steps to realize an historical archive
  •  Examples applied to the car suspensions
  •  General considerations
  •  Structure of the data base
  •  9. The critical observation of historical drawings: Technicians, engineers and designers
  •  Standardization organizations
  •  Teachers and students
  •  Historians
  •   The lesson of historical heritage
  •  Index.

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