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The CollCollectione of Engines at tthe Museum of Engines and Mechanisms University of Palermo A MechanicalMec Engineering Heritage Collection The Collection of Engines at the Museum of Engines and Mechanisms ASME officers MECHANICAL ENGINEERING HERITAGE COLLECTION K. Keith Roe, P.E., President MUSEUM OF ENGINES AND MECHANISMS Thomas G. Loughlin, CAE, Executive Director UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO With over 100 artifacts, the collection of engines illustrates the evolution of steam and internal combustion ASMEASME History History and and Heritage Heritage engines in a european context from the late nineteenth through twentieth centuries. It includes both CommitteeCommittee stationary and transportation power units with an emphasis on automotive and aircraft engines. Thomas H. Fehring, P.E., Chair Both reciprocating and turbine designs are represented, and many are now rare. Among the more significant Richard I. Pawliger, P.E., (Ret.) examples are FIAT 8V and FIAT-Ferrari Dino automobile engines, Siemens-Halske Sh.IIIa counter-rotary Immediate Past Chair aircraft engine, Neville steam engine and Ljungström counter-rotating steam turbine. J. Lawrence Lee, P.E., Past Chair Terry S. Reynolds Robert T. Simmons, P.E., (Ret.) THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERS - 2017 Past President Herman H. Viegas, P.E. (Ret.) Robert O. Woods, P.E. (Ret.) The History and Heritage Program of ASME Nominator Corresponding members John K. Brown Since the invention of the wheel, mechanical Marco Ceccarelli received his PhD degree in 1987 Marco Ceccarelli innovation has critically influenced the development at the University La Sapienza in Rome. He is Director Lee S. Langston of civilization and industry as well as public welfare, of LARM (larmlaboratory.net), the Laboratory of Francis C. Moon safety and comfort. Through its History and Heritage Robotics and Mechatronics at the University of program, the American Society of Mechanical Cassino and South Latium. He is scientific editor of Engineers (ASME) encourages public understanding the Springer Book Series on the History of of mechanical engineering, fosters the preservation Mechanism and Machine Science and associate ASMEASME Italy ItalsSection section of this heritage and helps engineers become more editor of several journals. He is author/co-author of Paolo Lista, Chair involved in all aspects of history. In 1971 ASME several books and papers. For his activities he has formed a History and Heritage Committee received the Degree of Doctor Honoris Causa from a Alberto Borboni, Vice Chair composed of mechanical engineers and historians non-Italian University and ASME’s Francesca Sperandio, Secretary of technology. This Committee is charged with Engineer-Historian Award. He is an ASME fellow. He Davide Castagnetti, Treasurer examining, recording and acknowledging was elected Secretary-General of the International Eugenio Brusa, Immediate Past Chair mechanical engineering achievements of particular Federation for the Promotion of Mechanism and Francesco Alicino, Past Chair significance. Machine Science (IFToMM) in 2004-2007 and For further information, please visit www.asme.org IFToMM President in 2008-2011 and 2016-2019. ASMEASME staff Staff Landmark Designations Author Roger Torda, manager, Communications Projects & Initiatives There are many aspects of ASME's History and Giuseppe Genchi, Mechanical Engineer, Wil Haywood, Communications Specialist Heritage activities, one of which is the landmarks received his Ph.D. in Energetics in 2004 at the program. Since the History and Heritage Program University of Palermo (Italy) where he is began 263 artifacts have been designated member of the research group on Fluid throughout the world as historic mechanical Machinery and Applied Mechanics. His main MuseumMuseum of of Engines Engines and and engineering landmarks, heritage collections or research activities focus on internal MechanismsMechanisms heritage sites. Each represents a progressive step combustion engines with homogeneous charge UniversityUniversity of of Palermo Palermo in the evolution of mechanical engineering and its compression ignition (HCCI) and double fuel significance to society in general.The Landmarks combustion. Co-author of several scientific Fabrizio Micari, Rector of the Program illuminates our technological heritage and papers and co-editor of the book Essays on the University of Palermo encourages the preservation of historically History of Mechanical Engineering (Springer Paolo Inglese, Director of the important works. It provides an annotated roster for International, 2016), he is the founder and the Museum System engineers, students, educators, historians and operations manager of the Museum of Engines travelers. It also provides reminders of where we Giovanni Perrone, Director of the Museum and Mechanisms of the University of Palermo, have been and where we are going along the where he planned and personally carried out Giuseppe Genchi, Founder and divergent paths of discovery. ASME helps the global the conservation/full restoration of the 300+ Operations manager of the Museum engineering community develop solutions to real artifacts in the museum collection. He has world challenges. ASME, founded in 1880, is a helped organize and manage 40+ cultural not-for-profit professional organization that enables events, temporary exhibits, and technical collaboration, knowledge sharing and skill conferences at the museum. He is member of development across all engineering disciplines, the Scientific Committee of the Museum while promoting the vital role of the engineer in System (University of Palermo) and he is also society. ASME codes and standards, publications, member of the national culture committee of conferences, continuing education and professional the Automotoclub Storico Italiano (Italian development programs provide a foundation for Federation of Classic Vehicles Clubs, part of advancing technical knowledge and a safer world. FIVA). ASME Mechanical Engineering Heritage Collection Energy and History, the Museum of Engines and Mechanisms. Energy can be neither created nor destroyed, research and teaching from the time when it can only be transformed. A large variety of the Royal Application School for Engineers machines have been invented to transform and Architects was founded in Palermo in energy, and these machines have led to 1866 onwards [2]. Today, outdated by new significant changes in science, the economy, technologies, the machines in the collection and society. Steam engines were among the are a remarkable heritage that nicely depicts first machines used to produce mechanical the evolution of science and technology in the power for industry and transportation. They field of machines and mechanics over more played a key role in the Industrial Revolution than a century [3]. Awareness of the at the end of the 18th century. Since that considerable historical value of these assets, period dependence on energy-transforming as well as the need to preserve them, machines has spread everywhere, leading to provided the impulse for their restoration irreversible effects on industrial production, (figure 3) and, as a direct consequence, for transportation systems, and the general the establishment of the Museum in 2008. quality of life. For example, they influenced Meticulous historical research and the the shift from a socio-economic system acquisition of technical data have allowed the mainly based on agricultural and commercial museum to provide each item in its collection activities to the modern industrial system. By with an explicative poster that contains the early 20th century internal combustion historical and technical information, as well engines, such as spark-ignition or Diesel as photographs and drawings. The simple, engines, had found application in many fields linear arrangement of the museum groups all of technology and industry and had begun to related items chronologically to highlight the displace steam engines. Internal combustion development of different systems, technical engines prompted the development of new arrangements, and materials. Of particular transportation systems dependent on the interest for their rarity and value are several automobile and modern aircraft. In summary, engines used in early high performance Figure 1 - Panoramic view of the Museum devices for energy transformation are the aircraft, a stationary steam engine from the basis of modern technological society. They late nineteenth century, several can be considered part of our general record-setting sports car engines, and the cultural heritage, and, therefore, it is rare historic FIAT G.59 aircraft. As part of the important to preserve, to make broadly University of Palermo, the Museum promotes available, collections of machinery as a many activities in the fields of education and visual representation of the evolution of cultural enrichment, including scientific technology. Italy is internationally known for conferences and restoration workshops to its artistic and archeological heritage, but it enhance its collections. Located in the also has a broad technological heritage Department of Industrial and Digital preserved in many museums and private Innovation, the Museum is part of the collections. The Museum of Engines and Museum System of the University of Palermo Mechanisms (figure 1 and 2) of the (MUSEIUNIPA, musei.unipa.it), whose task is University of Palermo [1], inaugurated in to promote the preservation and the public 2011, has a vast and heterogeneous enjoyment

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