Leonardo da Vinci and Franz Reuleaux: Machine Engineers.- Leonardo da Vinci and Franz Reuleaux: Machine Engineers.- Evolution of Design of Machines.- Evolution of Design of Machines.- Comparison of the Kinematic Mechanisms of Leonardo and Reuleaux.- Comparison of the Kinematic Mechanisms of Leonardo and Reuleaux.
Francis C. Moon is a Chaired Professor of Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. He
is an elected member of the US National Academy of Engineers. He is
also a Fellow of ASME. Moon is Curator of the Reuleaux Collection
of Kinematic Models at Cornell University. He has authored five
published books with John Wiley including two popular books on
chaotic dynamics; Chaotic Vibrations (1987, 2004), Chaotic and
Fractal Dynamics and a textbook Applied Dynamics (1998) His
research specialty includes dynamics of machines and structures as
well as magneto-mechanical devices. He has lectured recently in
‘Introduction to Robotics’ for seniors and ‘Applied Dynamics’ for
graduate students. He was the recipient of a Humboldt Prize award
in 1988 and 2001. In 2001 he was a visiting scholar at the Archiv
of the Deutsches Museum where he studied the papers of Franz
Reuleaux. Moon is a member of the commission on the History of
Machines and Mechanisms (HMM) of the International Federation for
the Theory af Machines and Mechanisms. (IFToMM) He has published
over 140 research papers and holds five patents. He was the
Director of the School of Mechanical and Aerospace engineering at
Cornell University from 1987-1992.
Moon is one of the creators of the history of mechanisms website;
KMODDL: Kinematic Modelsfor Design, Digital Library
[http://kmoddl.library.cornell.edu]
From the reviews: "The book has ! a brief introduction to Da Vinci and Reuleaux and their respective codification approaches, an extensive and accessible evaluation of machine designs and design methods as represented in 20 centuries of design manuals and 'theater of machines' books, a brief illustrated reference section on kinematic mechanism components, and an annotated bibliography of historic sources. The book can be used as either a reference or a course resource ! . Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty." (G. E. Herrick, CHOICE, Vol. 45 (5), January, 2008) "This book ! focuses on two towering figures in the design of kinematic machines which are separated by some 300 years in history, Leonardo da Vinci and Franz Reuleaux. ! The compilation of the material is of course coloured by personal preferences but it is these preferences but it is these preferences which renders the book a highly interesting one. Many figures from the sources as well as photos of model mechanisms make the book a truly unique one." (Thomas Sonar, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1139 (17), 2008) "This is an interesting book, rich in information. ! At the end, just after Moon's detailed comparison of mechanisms as portrayed and described by Leonardo and Reuleaux, the book includes a dozen plates of Cornell's Reuleaux models. The main bibliography is very impressive ! . Moon hopes that engineering students ! will find stimulation in this book and gain a renewed respect for simple mechanisms and their role in design, and to help them he has included student exercises ! ." (Alexander G. Keller, Technology and Culture, Vol. 50, April, 2009)
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