Machines and signs : a history of the drawing of machines
This volume addresses the cultural, technical and ethical motivations of the history of drawing of machines and its developments step by step. First it treats drawings without any technical character; then the Renaissance with its new forms of drawing; the 18th century, with orthographic projections...
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| Format: | Livre numérique |
| Sprache: | Anglais |
| Veröffentlicht: |
Dordrecht :
Springer Netherlands
2013.
Cham : Springer Nature |
| Schriftenreihe: | History of Mechanism and Machine Science
17 |
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| Edition sous un autre format: | • Machines and signs, a history of the drawing of machines, Edoardo Rovida, Dordrecht, Springer-Verlag, 2013, 1 vol. (ix-247 p.), History of mechanism and machine science, 978-94-007-5406-5 • Machines and Signs, Texte imprimé, 9789400754089 • Machines and Signs, Texte imprimé, 9789400796980 |
Inhaltsangabe:
- 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 technicalschools
- 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.